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Work To Begin On New $60 Million Regal Mile Film Studio In South Shore

The 22,000-square-foot studio will be built on seven acres of long-vacant property.

Developers say the $60 million project will create 250 construction jobs while the film studio is being built, and more than 300 permanent film production and film studio jobs once it's complete.
Developers say the $60 million project will create 250 construction jobs while the film studio is being built, and more than 300 permanent film production and film studio jobs once it's complete. (CBS)

ByCBS Chicago Staff:

CHICAGO (CBS) — Crews will break ground Monday on a new film studio in the South Shore neighborhood, hoping to make Chicago the Hollywood of the Midwest.

Regal Mile Studios is building a state-of-the-art media campus on a site bounded by 77th Street, Stony Island Avenue, and South Chicago Avenue.

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