Overview
- The Department of Planning and Development held a required public meeting to expand the Canal/Congress TIF to include 630 W. Harrison, with a Community Development Commission hearing set for April 7 and possible Finance Committee and City Council votes in May.
- Mayor Brandon Johnson’s team placed a roughly $50 million acquisition-and-renovation plan into TIF projections during the 2026 budget process, a funding outline first flagged by Ald. Bill Conway.
- DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute released a report and renderings proposing modest, safety-focused upgrades and a rebrand to a Chicago-run intercity bus terminal, including CHI signage and a glass, street-level foyer.
- FlixBus, which owns Greyhound, said it has been in contact with the city and supports efforts to keep the site serving passengers safely and efficiently.
- Greyhound continues operating on a month-to-month lease at the privately owned site held by Twenty Lake Holdings, and any city purchase depends on approval of the TIF amendment and subsequent council actions.