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Chicago’s Industrial Corridors

Corridor Name
(Industrial Council)
Model Industrial Corridor? Acres1 Boundaries (approximate) TIFs
Addison(North Business and Industry Council) Yes 198 Northwest Side: Along North Branch of the Chicago River, bounded by Belle Plaine Avenue on the north, Whipple Street on the west, George Street on the south, and Western Avenue on the east.
  • Addison Corridor North
  • Western Avenue South (far western portion)
  • Armitage(Greater North-Pulaski Development Corp.) No 371 Northwest Side: Bounded by Fullerton Avenue on the north, Cicero Avenue on the east, Bloomingdale Avenue on the sourth, and Oak Park Avenue on the west.
  • Galewood/Armitage
  • Bloomingdale/Laramie
  • Brighton Park(Chicago Assn. Of Neighborhood Development Organizations) No 390 Southwest Side: Along Grand Trunk Western Railroad, bounded by 47th Street on the north, Lawndale Avenue on the west, 51st  Street on the South, and Western Avenue on the east.
  • Homan/Grand Trunk
  • Burnside(Southeast Chicago Development Commission) Yes 272 Far South Side: U-shaped area bounded roughly by 83rd Street on the north, Cottage Grove Avenue on the west, 99th Street on the south, and Stony Island Avenue on the east.
  • Stony Island Commercial/Burnside Industrial
  • Calumet(Southeast Chicago Development Commission/Calumet Area Industrial Commission) Yes 3447 Far South Side: Along Calumet River and Lake Calumet, bouded roughly by 95th Street on the north, the Bishop Ford Expressway on the west, the City’s southern border at 138th Street on the south, and Avenue O on the east.
  • 126th/Torrence
  • Lake Calumet Industrial
  • Elston/Armstrong(North Business and Industry Council) No 69 Northwest Side: Bounded by Metra Milwaukee District rail line on the east, Elston Avenue on the southwest, and Armstrong Avenue on the north. None
    Greater Southwest(Greater Southwest Development Corp.) Yes 737 Southwest Side: Along Belt Railway (approximately 75th Street), from Leavitt Street on the east to Cicero Avenue on the west.
  • Greater Southwest Industrial (East)
  • Greater Southwest Industrial (West)
  • 72nd/Cicero
  • 73rd/Kedzie
  • Harlem(Greater Southwest Development Corp.) No 124 Southwest Side: Bounded by Harlem Avenue on the west, Oak Park Avenue on the east, 59th Street on the north, and 63rd Street on the south. None
    Kennedy(North Business and Industry Council) No 68 Northwest Side: Bordered by Addison Avenue on the north, Kedzie Avenue on the east, and the Kennedy Expressway on the south and west.
  • Addison/Kimball
  • Kinzie(Industrial Council of Northwest Chicago) Yes 675 West Side: Bounded by Division Street on the north, Halsted Street on the east, Lake Street on the south, and Central Park Avenue on the west.
  • Kinzie Industrial
  • Knox(North Business and Industry Council) No 66 Northwest Side: Bounded by Lawrence Avenue on the north, Kostner Avenue on the east, School Street on the south, and Lavergne Avenue on the west.
  • Portage Park
  • North Branch(New City YMCA LEED Council) Yes 566 North Side: On Goose Island and along both banks of the North Branch of the Chicago River from Chicago Avenue on the south to Wellington Avenue on the north.
  • Goose Island
  • North Branch (North)
  • North Branch (South)
  • Division/Hooker
  • Division/North Branch
  • Eastman/North Branch
  • Northwest Corridor(Greater North-Pulaski Development Corp./Bethel New Life) Yes 763 West Side: Bounded by Fullerton Avenue on the north, Lake Street on the south, Pulaski Road on the east and Cicero Avenue on the west.
  • Northwest Industrial Corridor
  • Peterson(Pulaski/Peterson Industrial Council) No 104 Northwest Side: Bounded by Peterson Avenue on the north, Pulaski Road on the east, Bryn Mawr Avenue on the south, and Rogers Avenue on the west.
  • Peterson/Pulaski
  • Pilsen(Eighteenth Street Development Corp.) Yes 913 Southwest Side: Along Stevenson Expressway, bounded by 16th Street on the north, Stewart Avenue on the east, Archer Avenue and 33rd Street on the south, and Western Avenue on the west.
  • Pilsen Industrial
  • Pulaski(Greater North-Pulaski Development Corp.) Yes 171 Northwest Side: Bounded by Belmont Avenue on the north, Spaulding Street on the east, North Avenue on the south, and Kostner Avenue on the west.
  • Northwest Industrial Corridor
  • Pullman(Southeast Chicago Development Commission/Calumet Area Industrial Commission) No 434 Far South Side: Bounded roughly by 103rd Street on the north, King Drive on the west, 123rd Street on the south, and the Bishop Ford Expressway on the east. None
    Ravenswood(Ravenswood Industrial Council/Jane Addams Resource Corp.) Yes 68 North Side: Divided into two areas. One is along the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad from Irving Park Road to Lawrence Avenue; the second is bordered by Bryn Mawr Avenue on the north, the CNW tracks on the east, Balmoral Avenue on the south, and Hoyne Avenue on the west.
  • Small portions of the Western Avenue North and Western Avenue South TIFs
  • Roosevelt/Cicero(Lawndale Business and Local Development Corp.) Yes 1132 West Side: Bounded by the Eisenhower Expressway on the north, Central Park Avenue on the east, the Stevenson Expressway on the south, and Menard Avenue on the west.
  • Roosevelt/Cicero
  • Stevenson(Chicago Assn. Of Neighborhood Development Organizations) No 855 Southwest Side: Bounded by the Stevenson Expressway on the north, Laramie Avenue on the west, 55th Street on the south, and Western Avenue on the east.
  • Sanitary and Ship Canal
  • Stockyards(Back of the Yards Business Association) No 1348 Southwest Side: Bounded by 35th Street on the North, the Dan Ryan Expressway on the west, 47th Street on the south, and Western Avenue on the west.
  • Stockyards Commercial-Industrial
  • Stockyards Southeast Quadrant
  • Stockyards Annex
  • 43rd/Damen
  • 35th/Halsted
  • Western/Ogden(Eighteenth Street Development Corp./Agency for Metropolitan Program Services) Yes 827 West Side: Bounded by Harrison on the north, Ashland on the east, the Stevenson Expressway on the south, and Central Park on the west.
  • Western/Ogden


  • 1 The acreage for the industrial corridor may be larger or smaller than the acreage for the TIF district(s), depending on the boundaries and numbers of the TIF districts that have been established.