The shuttered club near the Dirksen Federal Building is being used to house 761 migrants now and up to 1,200 in the coming months. Chicago’s Standard Club latest to house asylum-seekers ...

Some people working near the Federal Building downtown Chicago said they feel blindsided after learning the former Standard Club is now being used as a temporary shelter to house migrants.

Migrants gather in Pritzker Park near the the former Standard Club shelter on April 17, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) A maintenance man swept up empty bottles and cans nearby.

320 S. Plymouth Court, former Standard Club The Chicago Sun-Times’s Fran Spielman reported in May the former Standard Club would be used to house at least 760 migrants.

A number of residents on Chicago’s South Side voiced objections to a proposal ... Lee explained the city wants to move migrants staying at the Standard Club near the Dirksen Federal Building ...

City officials confirmed Friday that migrant shelters at the Standard Social Club, at 320 S. Plymouth Ct., and at the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel, at 4900 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr., have been closed.

Chicago’s history has a blueprint for ... Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas staged a political publicity stunt by spending nearly $13 million in public money to bus migrants, ... the Standard Club, ...

Chicago mayor plans to relocate migrants during DNC, over neighborhood's objections. ... At last count on April 26, the Standard Club shelter downtown had 900 people living there.

The former Standard Club in Chicago’s Loop was closed as a shelter for new arrivals, causing nearby businesses to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars due to a rise in crime and crowding on … ...

The Standard Club property isn’t subject to a labor dispute. The city’s decision-making regarding how to house migrants recently sent to Chicago has proven to be sticky and controversial.

The IRS action came as City Hall began paying to house migrants in two Polselli buildings in Chicago, records show: the Inn of Chicago, 162 E. Ohio St., and the former Standard Club, 320 S ...

City officials confirmed Friday that migrant shelters at the Standard Social Club, at 320 S. Plymouth Ct., and at the Chicago Lake Shore Hotel, at 4900 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr., have been closed.