The Railyards is a proposed district covering about 47 acres of active railroad property along the western edge of the Chicago River, running south of Roosevelt Road to roughly 18th Street on the site of Amtrak's 14th Street Coach Yard, at 432 West 14th Street.
Backed by Justin Ishbia, the billionaire who holds an agreement to buy the Chicago White Sox after the 2034 season, the plan would be anchored by a new riverfront ballpark drawn in a vintage brick idiom, with a riverwalk along its eastern edge and a public plaza to its north linked to a commercial building by a skybridge. Around the ballpark, the concept lays out transit-oriented residential and commercial buildings, retail and dining, open space, and a Northwestern Medicine health care facility. Initial concept design is by AECOM. Realizing the district depends on relocating Amtrak's coach yard and maintenance operation to the Bridgeport rail yard next to Rate Field, a roughly $900 million replacement facility toward which Ishbia has committed more than $125 million alongside $696 million in federal transportation grants. The site sits directly across the South Branch from The 78, the 62-acre neighborhood Related Midwest is building on the opposite bank.
At a packed meeting Bridgeport and Chinatown residents pressed Amtrak to slow the relocation of the 14th Street coach yard to a roughly $900M Bridgeport facility, the move needed to clear The Railyards site.
chicago.suntimes.com$696 million in federal grants plus more than $125 million from Ishbia's Canal Edge back moving Amtrak's 14th Street coach yard to a new Bridgeport facility, the precondition for clearing The Railyards site.
chicago.suntimes.comIshbia unveils The Railyards: riverfront White Sox ballpark anchoring an ~80-acre South Loop district on Amtrak's 14th Street Coach Yard, concept by AECOM.
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Frequently asked
Where is The Railyards located?
The Railyards is located in Chicago.
When will The Railyards be built?
The Railyards is an announced development that has not yet started construction.
Who is developing The Railyards?
Canal Edge, City River Holdings is the developer behind The Railyards.
Who designed The Railyards?
The Railyards was designed by AECOM.