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Obama library: 2 Chicago sites cut from list; U. of C. bid lives

By  Lynn Sweet
   
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WASHINGTON — Obama Presidential Library Foundation chief Martin Nesbitt is poised to announce the bid finalists next week with two Chicago sites without university affiliations — at Lakeside and Bronzeville — not advancing to the next round, I am told by multiple sources. The University of Chicago is expected to be on a shortlist of bidders who will be asked to submit a very detailed proposal for the library and museum.

Nesbitt, I am told, is personally making calls to bidders to deliver the news this week.

The Lakeside site — on the former U.S. Steel South Works site on the Southeast Side of Chicago — was spectacular but it would take years for related commercial and residential development to take place.

The Bronzeville bid was anchored at the site of the former Michael Reese Hospital.


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