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McPier sues to move landmarked Prairie Avenue mansion
By: Alby Gallun March 17, 2014

The city convention authority has gone to court to seize the site of a landmarked Prairie Avenue mansion where it wants to build a new basketball arena for DePaul University.
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, or McPier, wants to move the Harriet F. Rees House, a 126-year-old limestone edifice, from 2110 S. Prairie Ave. to a vacant parcel one block north, according to a lawsuit the authority filed March 14. McPier filed the condemnation suit because it has been unable to reach an agreement to acquire the two properties, the complaint says.
McPier has been in the process of assembling land for the new 10,000-seat arena just north of McCormick Place, orchestrating a deal last year to move a Lakeside Bank branch there to another property in the South Loop. McPier also filed a condemnation suit to seize a property at 230 W. Cermak Rd. owned by CenterPoint Properties Trust. And the city is locked in litigation with James McHugh Construction Co. over another property west of the convention hall where McPier wants to build a hotel.