| AT&T clean up is nearing completion |
1990-07-12 |
AT&T officials say that the environmental cleanup of their former production facility site on Touhy Ave. is coming to an end. It has cost AT&T $4.5 million and has taken four years to complete the project. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 12, 1990, p. 3 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Environment |
| 2 years, $4 million for factory cleanup |
1990-07-05 |
AT&T expects to take two years to clean up chemical pollution in the soil under a factory which is to be converted to stores at the Village Crossing Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 5, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Pollution - Soil,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Environment,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T's 60-day overstay won't delay mall work |
1989-10-12 |
Some 500 AT&T Company employees still work in an office building slated for removal to make way for Village Crossing Shopping Center development. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 12, 1989, p. 9 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Store plan OK'd for teletype factory |
1989-06-08 |
The old AT&T Teletype factory will be converted to about 15 stores under a site plan the Skokie Village Board approved June 5. The 422,000-square-foot conversion is the third and final phase to be approved as part of the Village Crossing shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 8, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Construction begins on shopping center |
1988-09-15 |
Ground breaking ceremonies were held September 7 for the new Village Crossing Shopping Center at the former AT&T site on Touhy Avenue . |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 15, 1988, p. 3 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie, Niles closer on AT&T agreement |
1988-07-21 |
Skokie and Niles have reached an agreement on a financial plan for the shopping center development at the AT&T site on Touhy Avenue. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 21, 1988, p. 3 |
Niles,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages set pact on plaza |
1988-07-21 |
Skokie and Niles have reached an agreement on a financial plan for the shopping center development at the AT&T site on Touhy Avenue. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 21, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Niles,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages devise plan to split AT&T revenues |
1988-06-02 |
The Villages of Skokie and Niles are coming to an agreement on how to split the sales tax revenue generated by the shopping center under construction at the former AT&T site. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 2, 1988, p. 4 |
Niles,
Taxation - Sales tax,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Larger AT&T spill is found |
1988-05-14 |
A spill of industrial cleaning solvent discovered at the AT&T site on Touhy is posing no immediate health hazard. However, a state official said it is "more extensive than expected. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, May 14, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Pollution - Soil,
Public health,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center work expected to begin soon |
1988-04-28 |
Developers hope to begin construction next month on the Niles portion of a shopping center planned for the former site of AT&T on the Skokie-Niles border. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 28, 1988, p. 5 |
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages to split retail center profits |
1988-02-11 |
Skokie and Niles need to agree on several issues before dividing sales and property tax revenues generated by the planned shopping center at the AT&T Teletype site. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 11, 1988, p. 16 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Niles,
Skokie,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Taxation - Sales tax,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie ties plaza OK to cleanup |
1988-02-04 |
Skokie trustees voted 5-1 in favor of a conceptual site plan for an 810,000 square-foot shopping center on the site of the AT&T Teletype Corporation. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 4, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Group raises hazardous waste issue at AT&T site |
1988-01-14 |
Residents of Chicago's Edgebrook Community are concerned about possible hazardous waste problems at the Niles/Skokie AT&T site. The site has been tentatively targeted for retail development. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 14, 1988, p. 3 |
Public health,
Pollution - Soil,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers,
Environment |
| Shopping center plan scrutinized by village |
1987-12-24 |
A shopping center proposal for the AT&T Teletype site would include two supermarkets, a department store, a health club and number of smaller shops. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 24, 1987, p. 6 |
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T site rezoned to shopping district |
1987-12-10 |
The AT&T property has been rezoned from an industrial area to a retail area. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 10, 1987, p. 4 |
Zoning,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T plan still facing opposition |
1987-12-05 |
Although the proposed retail development of the AT&T land on Touhy will bring thousands of dollars in tax money to Niles, owners of the property just south of the site will attend the next village board meeting to voice their opposition to the plan. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, December 5, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Zoning,
AT&T Teletype Corporation |
| Shopping center plan jumps its first hurdle |
1987-12-03 |
The Skokie Plan Commission voted last week to recommend rezoning the 61 1/2 acre site of the AT&T Teletype Corporation for retail use. Opponents have until December 17 to voice a response to the plan. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 3, 1987, p. 3 |
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Proposed plaza wins zoning nod |
1987-11-26 |
The Skokie Plan Commission voted on November 24 to rezone the AT&T Teletype property at 5555 Touhy Ave., from M-1 (office assembly industrial) to B-4 (regional shopping district.) |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 26, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
AT&T Teletype Corporation |
| AT&T discloses building's buyer |
1987-10-31 |
AT&T announced that it has signed a contract to sell property at 5555 Touhy to the Trammel Crow Company, a Dallas-based real estate firm. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, October 31, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 3 |
Real estate,
Trammell Crow Co.,
AT&T Teletype Corporation |
| AT&T near sale of site |
1987-10-24 |
AT&T has reached a tentative agreement with a buyer for property located at 5555 Touhy Avenue. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, October 24, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Real estate,
AT&T Teletype Corporation |
| $26 million tag put on AT&T site |
1987-05-07 |
AT&T has put its headquarters at 5555 Touhy Avenue up for sale. The property is listed for $26 million. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 7, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 5 |
Real estate,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Communication |
| AT&T closing Skokie facility |
1987-04-16 |
AT&T will shut down operations at its Skokie facility by the end of 1988. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 16, 1987, p. 3 |
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Communication |
| Opinions mixed on job cut |
1986-01-23 |
The village's two largest employers have announced major layoffs. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 23, 1986, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
G.D. Searle & Co.,
Employment,
Business - Pharmaceutical companies,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Communication |
