Press Coverage

Podcasts + Media

  • Ctrl Alt Default Podcast - Episode 1 ft. Sallie Krawcheck

    Syzygy Cities CEO Rachel Vass hosts a conversation exploring the blueprint for our society's operating system of the future. Industry. Incentives. Innovation. Impact.

  • Big Ideas And Big Profits, With Rachel Vass & Kelly Winget

    Rachel Vass and Kelly Winget, co-founders of the EPIC family of funds, join Andy Hagans to discuss the unique vision they’re creating (in an unlikely partnership).

  • Venture Real Estate In Opportunity Zones, With Kelly Ann Winget & Rachel Vass

    Combining safer asset-backed real estate with high-multiple venture investments in untapped markets may be an optimal Opportunity Zone strategy for investors seeking risk diversification.

Galleria 89, South Chicago

  • Plan Commission approves Galleria 89

    The new construction will meet Passive House certification, being developed by 548 Capital and Syzygy Cities.

    May 10 2023

  • Plan Commission Approves Galleria 89 In South Chicago

    The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the mixed-use development dubbed Galleria 89 at 8840 S Commercial Avenue in South Chicago.

    Apr 25 2023

  • Chicago company brings climate-friendly development to communities that need it most

    A project that combines energy efficiency, solar power and electrification is part of developer A.J. Patton’s mission to invest in under-resourced neighborhoods.

    Jan 4 2023

  • Chicago’s 1-year-old Committee on Design is helping shape the city’s most important development projects

    Galleria 89, a mixed-use development, is among the Chicago projects that have been reviewed by the Committee on Design.

    Nov 2 2022

  • Committee on Design reviews Galleria 89 proposal

    The project is an Invest South/West winner

    Mar 17 2022

  • Updated Details Revealed For Galleria 89 In South Chicago

    Updated details have been revealed for Invest South/West winner Galleria 89 at 8840-8854 S Commercial Avenue in South Chicago.

    Mar 12 2022

  • Galleria 89 Development Will Bring 45 Apartments, Dollop Coffee And Business Center To South Chicago

    The $23.5 million development is planned for a mostly vacant stretch along the 8800 block of South Commercial Avenue and will include 27 affordable units.

    Sept 14 2021

  • Mayor Lightfoot announces 548 Development Coalition as winner of INVEST South/West South Chicago RFP Site at Commercial Ave.

    Official Press Release

    Aug 23 2021

The Grove, Bronzeville

  • Bronzeville’s The Grove Moves Forward As City Council Clears Land Sale

    The developers behind a much-anticipated “Time Out-style” food hall and marketplace planned for the 47th Street corridor cleared a major hurdle as City Council on Wednesday greenlit the sale of several city-owned lots needed for the project.

    Jan 26 2024

  • Sale of city-owned lots for The Grove, a mixed-use development, proposed to City Council

    A proposed commercial development on the border of Kenwood and Bronzeville moved forward this week.

    Dec 14 2023

  • City Council approves The Grove

    The project at 4735 S. Cottage Grove will include an NFT gallery.

    Nov 6 2022

  • Bronzeville Is Getting A ‘Time Out-Style’ Food Hall, An Outpatient Clinic And An Eco-Apartment Project

    All three projects are set to open within the next two years.

    Oct 27 2022

  • Food Hall And Event Venue Proposed For Bronzeville’s The Grove Development

    The Grove Bronzeville would serve as an incubator for budding Black women food entrepreneurs and also host a coding academy.

    Sep 28 2022

  • Sale of city-owned Bronzeville land for upscale commercial project

    Retail, restaurant space

    Sept 27 2022

  • 'The Grove,' new retail space, planned for Cottage Grove and 48th

    A developer plans to build a pedestrian- and transit-oriented, street-facing retail space on the empty lot along Cottage Grove Avenue between 47th Place and 48th Street.

    Sept 22 2022