Nonprofit wants to revitalize South Shore with affordable health care, housing and retail

Thrive Exchange is a “four-corner approach” to revitalizing the 79th Street corridor just two blocks from the lake. The project includes apartments, condos, retail spaces and a primary care health center. (Courtesy of DL3 Realty)

The Ringer Bank Building was once a hub of South Side business operations for businessman Charles Ringer.

But after a stint as a car dealership, the 1928 building sat vacant for years on the corner of 79th Street and Exchange Avenue in South Shore.