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Empowering inclusive ownership and strategic retail to drive neighborhood transformation.
The Associated Press shares the story of TREND's purchase of Hawthorn Crossings in north Minneapolis, and how the company is making it available to neighborhood residents as the city's first community co-owned shoppng center.
Community newsroom MinnPost features info about TREND's community co-owned shopping center in north Minneapolis.
A Chicago-based social enterprise company is purchasing the Hawthorn Crossings strip mall in north Minneapolis, promising it will build local wealth and support community development in one of the Twin Cities' lowest-income and most diverse neighborhoods.
Chicago TREND is buying Hawthorn Crossings, a north Minneapolis strip mall, and asking neighbors to invest at least $1,000 to own part of it. It's a model the company says has succeeded in other cities.
Chicago TREND expands to North Minneapolis, offering Hawthorn Crossings co-ownership to local residents with a $1,000 matching grant incentive.
Chicago TREND has launched a crowdfunding campaign allowing community members to invest in the Heritage Crossings with investments starting at $1,000.
NewsPub examines the launch of TREND's community co-owned shopping center, Hawthorn Crossings.
Hawthorn Crossings would be Minnesota's first community co-owned shopping center, with residents able to invest as little as $1,000 alongside institutional investors.
TREND CEO Lyneir Richardson discusses the community co-ownership opportunity of Hawthorn Crossings Shopping Center with host Freddie Bell.
The details of TREND's purchase of Hawthorn Crossings Shopping Center, which is being renovated/re-launched as a community a co-owned property, is explored in the MN/SP Biz Journal.
TREND's latest community co-owned shopping center initiative, Hawthorn Crossings in North Minneapolis, was cited by Super Powers For Good as its Social Impact Offering of the Week (6/1/26).
North News, a community outlet serving Minneapolis' north side, explores TREND's development of the Hawthorn Crossings Shopping Center and the benefits it can bring to the locale.
citybiz chronicles TREND's work at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in Baltimore.
Edmondson Village is undergoing a major redevelopment, with community-sourced investment led by real estate investor Lyneir Richardson.
AFRO News shares the details about the revitalization of TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center, where developers, officials, and local residents celebrated new construction and opportunities.
MSN and The Baltimore Sun cover TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center revitalization in Baltimore.
Governor Wes Moore was among the elected officials celebrating the transformation of TREND's Edmondson Village Shopping Center, which is co-owned with over 200 community investors.
TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center has reopened, bringing new retailers, healthcare, and community investment to the area.
The Baltimore Banner covers TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center revitalization in Baltimore.
WJZ-TV covers TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center revitalization in Baltimore.
WBAL-TV covers TREND's community co-owned Edmondson Village Shopping Center revitalization in Baltimore.
BBJ examines the real estate, retail, and community resurgence that's being made possible by TREND's Edmondson Village Shopping Center project in Baltimore.
TREND CEO Lyneir Richardson discusses his unique and effective "community equity" approach to local co-ownership of urban shopping centers, which is delivering results for neighborhoods and business owners in Baltimore, Columbus, and Chicago.
TREND co-founder/CEO Lyneir Richardson discusses inclusive community ownership through revitalizing shopping centers with host Leon T. Andrews, president and CEO of Equal Measure.
Chicago TREND's $20 million redevelopment of Mount Vernon Plaza in Columbus invites local residents to invest in the neighborhood shopping center's revival through a community ownership model.
Walbrook Junction, Chicago TREND's community co-owned shopping center in the Walbrook neighborhood in West Baltimore, has been revamped as part of a $2.2 million overhaul.
Chicago TREND's unique community CRE model allows individual investors to become co-owners of shopping centers in their neighborhoods.
Chicago TREND is supporting entrepreneurs in under-developed urban areas with commercial real estate assistance.
The Columbus Dispatch shares the details about the launch of Mt. Vernon Plaza, Chicago TREND's newest community co-owned shopping center.
Impact Alpha, the premier news source covering impact investing, sustainable finance, ESG and entrepreneurship, cited Chicago TREND's CRE community co-ownership successes in Baltimore.
ALDI, a discount supermarket chain, is the newest tenant at the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in southwest Baltimore. ALDI's entry will deliver high-quality, lower-cost grocery selections for the neighborhood's residents and contribute to the Center's rehabilitation.
Chicago TREND and TREND Community Development Corporation have completed a solar panel installation at Butterfield Plaza Shopping Center in Olympia Fields, IL.
Nine former all-star athletes who grew up in and near Lorain County during the 1980s have partnered to support the revitalization of Chicago TREND's Mt. Vernon Shopping Plaza.
Impact Entrepreneur, a global news resource that creates and provides the infrastructure to grow the Impact Economy, spotlights Chicago TREND's success in strengthening and transforming neighborhoods and building community wealth.
Chicago TREND, a Black-owned real estate company, sold the mall to prove that co-investing with community members can be profitable and help strengthen a neighborhood.
Chicago TREND's community co-owned property, Edmondson Village Shopping Center in southwestern Baltimore, will be the new home of Meals on Wheels of Central Maryland.
The renewal of Walbrook Junction - Chicago TREND's community co-owned shopping center in West Baltimore - is moving ahead this year with some new infrastructure updates and a plan to repurpose a former Rite Aid store.
Chicago TREND CEO Lyneir Richardson explains how to generate equitable economic development in Selma, AL in this co-authored op-ed.
Chicago TREND's CEO Lyneir Richardson shares the strategy, detailed methodology, and success metrics for how Chicago TREND makes local co-ownership of neighborhood shopping centers possible and profitable for its minority investors—and how it can be applied in Boston.
Mount Vernon Plaza in Columbus, OH is under contract to Chicago TREND, a commercial real estate developer with a track record of turning around neglected shopping centers in urban neighborhoods.
Reporter Catherine Simon speaks to entrepreneurs near the Mt. Vernon Plaza shopping center in Columbus, OH, who are eager to become co-owners of the soon-to-be-renovated property.
The construction of the new Aldi is just the beginning of the changes that are coming to the shopping center, changes that lifelong community members say are needed.
Chicago TREND's Lyneir Richardson shares the story of his redlining challenges in Baltimore - and how he overcame them - with FT's Simon Mundy.
Chicago TREND CEO Lyneir Richardson provides a detailed explanation of how community practitioners can foster inclusive ownership of commercial real estate.
Lyneir Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Chicago TREND Corporation, discusses the company's efforts to accelerate economic development in urban neighborhoods.
Aspen Institute's Financial Security and Future of Wealth Program names Chicago TREND's Lyneir Richardson as a 2024 wealth innovation fellow.
Chicago TREND crowdfunding campaign aims to build Black wealth through increasing opportunities to own commercial real estate.
"You want people to have an ownership stake as the neighborhood gets stronger," said Lyneir Richardson, co-founder and CEO of Chicago TREND.
A social enterprise firm is recruiting people in the South Side neighborhood to invest in projects designed to open up real estate ownership.
Lyneir Richardson, a Chicago real estate investor, has a contract to buy the Walbrook Junction Shopping Center in West Baltimore for $6.2 million.
Baltimore City Council members are considering a $9 million plan to invest in both the Edmondson Village and Walbrook Junction shopping centers.
As interest rates have risen, crowdfunding platforms have returned as a viable source of capital for developers.
Tawana and Roger Bhagwat are opening The Wash Zone, a coinless laundry facility in West Baltimore's Walbrook Junction, to provide a necessity to the community while also providing modern technology, convenience and community initiatives.
Unbeknownst to many, the covenant has been in place since 1945.
The long-awaited purchase of the shopping center by a group of community investors led by Lyneir Richardson, CEO and co-founder of Chicago TREND, has been completed.
Chicago TREND has launched a crowdfunding campaign that offers the opportunity for local ownership of the Edmondson Village Shopping Center in southwestern Baltimore.
New life is coming to the Edmondson Village Shopping Center after it was purchased by a commercial development company.
