The University’s Expansion into Commercial Real Estate Wavers Between Economic Catalyst and Gentrifying Force – Chicago Maroon

“In some sense they’re lying with facts,” graduate student David Zegeye said. “For instance, when they’re building the new Woodlawn Commons Dorm…they are technically bringing jobs, they are bringing businesses…but what we’re really asking is, ‘Are those for Woodlawn residents? Are those for the folks who you’ve harmed the most?”

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