Chicago Area Construction Turns Green - Forest City Certifies $200M Promenade for LEED
Forest City Enterprises recently received LEED certification for its open-air, mixed-use Promenade Bolingbrook development. Site work is expected to start for the project’s second phase this summer, which will include two hotels and a 600,000-sf power center at the site at Interstate 355 south of Boughton Road.

Chicago Area Construction Turns Green - First Green Mall Opens in 2008 in Chicago
The first retail mall in the U.S. dedicated to green and socially responsible businesses—Green Exchange—will open in Chicago early in 2008.

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