Oracle Corp. is seeking a rezone of a portion of its River North property on which it plans a campus that could cost upwards of $1.3 billion to undertake.
Future Oracle campus at River North
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According to a Metro Planning Department document, Oracle needs nine acres of the four-parcel property rezoned from industrial uses to allow for “mixed-use intensive” development. Such zoning would make the property consistent with the River North Urban Design Overlay current in place.
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