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October 5, 2023

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Take a look inside the 168-year-old former Chick House Hotel building at State and Elm streets in downtown Rockford. A portion of the property was recently purchased by Urban Equity Properties, which plans to revive it into loft apartments and ground-floor businesses. More details here: https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2025/01/04/urban-equity-properties-buys-historic-chick-house-hotel-building-in-downtown-rockford/

Take a look inside the 168-year-old former Chick House Hotel building at State and Elm streets in downtown Rockford.
A portion of the property was recently purchased by Urban Equity Properties, which plans to revive it into loft apartments and ground-floor businesses.

More details here: https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2025/01/04/urban-equity-properties-buys-historic-chick-house-hotel-building-in-downtown-rockford/

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Inside the historic 'untouched' former Chick House Hotel in downtown Rockford

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Demoition underway at former Rockford elementary school

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The former Rever's Marina building on Water Street in downtown Rockford is planned for a residential and commercial development under its new ownership. The property was featured on 'American Pickers' in 2020 because of the multitude of boats and vehicles inside. Here's what it looks like now. More on the plans here: https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2024/07/27/new-owner-of-old-revers-marina-in-rockford-envisions-lofts-offices-and-dockside-dining/

The former Rever's Marina building on Water Street in downtown Rockford is planned for a residential and commercial development under its new ownership. The property was featured on 'American Pickers' in 2020 because of the multitude of boats and vehicles inside. Here's what it looks like now.
More on the plans here: https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2024/07/27/new-owner-of-old-revers-marina-in-rockford-envisions-lofts-offices-and-dockside-dining/

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It was on 'American Pickers' in 2020. Here's what this downtown Rockford building looks like now

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