A. Finkl & Sons Steel

Coordinates: 41°43′29″N 87°35′23″W / 41.7248°N 87.5898°W / 41.7248; -87.5898

Lincoln Park location in 2011 (now demolished)

A. Finkl & Sons Steel or Finkl Steel is a steel mill that operates in the South Side of Chicago (previously the Near North Side)[1] and has been in business since 1879[2] or 1880.[3][4]

History

inside Finkl steel in 2005
Steel for recycling in 2013
Metal being forged
Entrance to the newly demolished factory in 2015

The main mill operated along a roughly 22-acre lot along the eastern portion of the Chicago River in the Lincoln Park neighborhood for over 112 years before being demolished.[5] The Lincoln Park location was Chicago's oldest steel mill.[6]

In 2006, it bought the site of the former Verson Steel on Chicago's South Side.[7] It was purchased by a German company in 2008, and has since operated from that location.[8]

In 2016, real estate developer Sterling Bay purchased the Lincoln Park site for a sum believed to be over $100 million[9] and renamed the site to Lincoln Yards.[10]


References

  1. ↑ "The relocation of Finkl to the South Side is a rare gift". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  2. ↑ "A. Finkl & Sons Co.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  3. ↑ http://preservationchicago.org/FinklSteel.pdf
  4. ↑ "The Clybourn Experiment (February 18, 1990)". Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Sterling Bay completes deal for massive Finkl Steel site". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Manufacturing Consent: Chicago's Oldest Steel Mill Will Soon Be Demolished. What Will Replace It When It's Gone? - Belt Magazine | Dispatches From The Rust Belt". Belt Magazine | Dispatches From The Rust Belt. 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  7. ↑ "A. Finkl & Sons buys Verson Steel's South Side site". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  8. ↑ "Finding Finkl's Future". Chicago Tonight | WTTW. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  9. ↑ "Sterling Bay completes deal for massive Finkl Steel site". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Sterling Bay Woos Amazon HQ With Renamed Finkl Steel Site — Lincoln Yards". DNAinfo Chicago. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-12.


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