Overview
- Crain's Chicago reports Shore Capital, Justin Ishbia's firm, is in the process of buying the 47-acre Amtrak rail yard in the South Loop.
- Shore Capital has not confirmed a ballpark plan for the site and said a potential Northwestern Medicine facility could be part of early concepts.
- The yard lies across the river from The 78, where the Chicago Fire broke ground this month on a 22,000-seat soccer stadium.
- Any redevelopment would require Amtrak to relocate its maintenance operations, with reporting indicating a move to Union Pacific's Canal Yard.
- The White Sox lease at Guaranteed Rate Field runs through 2029, and Ishbia's path to control spans 2029–2033 with formal control slated for 2034.