WalMart has signed a lease for a second store in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. The more than 14,000 square-foot property is only five blocks away from Wrigley Field, so the convenience store-sized WalMart Express that is planned will be joining an already saturated market considering the nearby Walgreens, CVS, 7-Eleven, Whole Foods, and Jewel. The new establishment will be located just a mile north of the first highly-contested Lakeview WalMart Market, which is just about the same distance between the planned Express store and a new Target store to the north.
This time around, WalMart's infiltration into the area had been quiet, so much so that Alderman James Cappleman (46th) says he only heard about the plan last week from residents -- not the retailer, which he finds to be a bit problematic. Read more »
Chicago's Chatham neighborhood has the distinction of being the place where the first Walmart Express opened in the U.S. Mayor Rahm Emanuel visited the 10,000 square-foot store, located at 83rd St. and Steward Ave. to see how the store was fairing on its first day in business, with his office releasing the following statement: "Increasing access to fresh, healthy foods in underserved neighborhoods throughout Chicago is an important priority for the Emanuel Administration." 
Employees staffed by Simos Insourcing Solutions filed suit in the Will County Circuit Court today alleging that they were denied benefits promised to them when they were originally hired to work at the Walmart warehouse located in Elwood, Illinois. This is the second time a suit has been filed by workers at this particular warehouse in as many months.
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Walmart, long-establised in the nation's suburbs and rural areas, continues to press ahead with its plans to make Chicago its model of urban expansion. The Arkansas-based retail behemoth is moving forward with plans for a long-anticipated supercenter on the city's South Side, and talking with residents in a posh North Side neighborhood about opening a smaller market in Lakeview.