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Chicago City Council approves new parking meter deal
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CHICAGO — A multi-billion-dollar proposal involving Chicago’s often-panned parking meter deal was approved by the City Council on Tuesday. The City Council approved the measure in a 46-to-3 vote. The city will now transfer the remaining 57 years of its current parking meter deal to the private equit…
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It was one of the most reviled deals in recent Chicago history, an iron-clad package put together by Mayor Richard M. Daley and rubber-stamped by the City Council that allowed the city to lease its parking meters to a private company in return for $1.15 billion.
Chicago alders are expected to take up a revised proposal Tuesday that could reshape the future of Chicago’s parking meter system. Chicago parking meter sale Stonepeak Partners, a New York-based firm, wants to buy out the remaining 57 years of the parking meter lease approved in 2008.
CHICAGO — A multi-billion-dollar proposal involving Chicago’s often-panned parking meter deal was approved by the City Council on Tuesday. The City Council approved the measure in a 46-to-3 vote. The city will now transfer the remaining 57 years of its current parking meter deal to the private equit…
Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below : Chicago's parking meters will change hands again — this time they were acquired by a New York investment firm. We take a look at what the new deal means for Chicagoans.
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