Urban transformation and gentrification in Fulton Market

A former Chicago planning commissioner says development in Fulton Market has gone too far.

By Meha Ahmad, Isabelle Earl
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A man runs by a dine out sign-on Fulton Market in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Colder temperatures are providing a new challenge for restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic, but there's a solution being developed in Fulton Market. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo
Virus Outbreak Illinois
A man runs by a dine out sign-on Fulton Market in Chicago, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Colder temperatures are providing a new challenge for restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic, but there's a solution being developed in Fulton Market. Nam Y. Huh / AP Photo

Urban transformation and gentrification in Fulton Market

A former Chicago planning commissioner says development in Fulton Market has gone too far.

By Meha Ahmad, Isabelle Earl
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Fulton Market has everything: Michelin-starred restaurants, chic cafes, boutique hotels and tech firms like Google. But it hasn’t always been this way. So, has Fulton Market’s transformation from gritty to glittery been for better or worse?

Reset talks to a reporter and a former planning commissioner about the changes downtown.

GUESTS: Crain’s Chicago Business commercial real estate reporter Danny Ecker

Andrew Mooney, former commissioner of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (2010-2015)