Chicago took its first on-the-ground step toward hosting a 2016 Olympics Thursday by awarding the major contracts for demolition of the closed Michael Reese Hospital campus, the proposed site of an athletes' village.
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. was awarded a contract worth $7.98 million and Heneghan Wrecking Co. won a contract worth $3.19 million.
"This site has to be developed one way or the other--it's a wonderful site for market-rate and affordable housing, and we're moving ahead," Mayor Richard Daley told the Tribune after the contracts were awarded. Chicago Tribune report
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