(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Jewel-Osco has re-opened its store at 94th and Ashland that was all but gutted by looters in May 2020.
Standing outside the newly renovated and expanded Jewel-Osco in Auburn-Gresham on Wednesday, Mayor Lightfoot recalled touring the devastation on the South side and the ransacked stores a year ago.
“Some of these stores, I thought, ‘There’s no chance that they’ll rebuild,’” the mayor said.
She said Jewel-Osco has been a “tremendous partner” with the city.
The company not only upgraded the grocery store, but added a 2,200-square-foot community center to be used by the famed South Shore Drill Team and its youth programs.
Ald. Howard Brookins Jr., who joined Lightfoot, grew up about a block away and expressed gratitude that Jewel-Osco is back.
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