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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
Essentially, the state funds will be used to buy the transit hub from the developers. The transit hub + retail is expected to be profitable, so the developers are pitching the hub as a revenue stream for the state..
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Right. That sounds like some Illinois political chicanery going on.
I’m sure the buildings and deck will pencil out over the long run on their own.
I’d fully approve the city putting those state funds into a trust and using them for some more useful transit project. Probably not legal though.