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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

State plans to turn shuttered Southwest Side Kmart store into a shelter for migrants

The state of Illinois is planning to use a former Kmart store on the Southwest Side as a shelter for newly arrived migrants. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

State officials are planning to turn a building that once housed a Kmart on the Southwest Side into a shelter for newly arrived immigrants.

But after being briefed about the state’s plans for the site at 7050 S. Pulaski Road, Ald. Silvana Tabares, whose 23rd Ward includes the property, said she wants the local community to have a say in the process before it proceeds.

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