Date: July 24, 2009

Time: 9:30 am to 10:30 am

Location: Auditorium, 2100 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois

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NOTICE OF “USE-VALUE” HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED COSTCO PROJECT LOCATED WITHIN THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AREA OF THE ILLINOIS MEDICAL DISTRICT

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, pursuant to the Illinois Medical District Act (70 ILCS 915.01 et seq.), on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., a “Use-Value” Hearing will be held by the Illinois Medical District Commission (“Commission”) at the Building owned by the Illinois Medical District Commission, at 2100 West Harrison Street, Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois.  The hearing will be for the purpose of hearing testimony and reviewing documentation with respect to the proposed development of a commercial retail establishment, by Costco, on a site bounded by Hastings Avenue, Ashland Avenue, 15th Street and the CTA Transit Line located immediately west of Paulina Street, within the District Development Area of the Illinois Medical District,  to establish if the nature of the proposed uses of the said property are consistent with the Illinois Medical District Act, together with reviewing the underlying feasibility of the project and related matters.  All interested parties are invited to attend the hearing.

Dated:  July 10, 2009