Whole Foods eyes Hubbard’s long-vacant Lakeview Connection retail anchor space in Chicago’s North Side

4/22/2026

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The Real Deal

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• Subcategory: Retail: Shopping

• Tag: Lease | Proposed

• Additional Filters-Subcategory: Retail: Community Center

• Company: Whole Foods (Nasdaq: AMZN), Hubbard Street Group (HSG)

Highlights
Whole Foods Market is expected to open at 827 West Belmont Avenue in Chicago, taking a large portion of the two-level, 60,000-square-foot Lakeview Connection building.
The deal represents a potential turnaround for the development, which has struggled to secure tenants since its 2023 debut.
The grocer would fill the anchor space that was previously slated for an Amazon Fresh store, a change that follows Amazon's announcement earlier this year that it would shutter its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go formats.