Block Club reporting that Lightfoot has struck a deal with Ald. Taylor and other community groups worried about housing impacts in Woodlawn.
That effectively takes care of most of the opposition from the social-justice side of things, now the preservationists are the only ones left with their court case. The Lightfoot administration seems to be wrapping things up on the bureaucratic end as well, with the FHWA and other required reviews almost complete.
Then there's the issue of Obama Foundation fundraising, they only have a
fraction of the money raised to build the OPC... maybe they're hoping people will open their checkbooks once the community opposition is taken care of?