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Q: Is there more construction in Campustown than usual this summer?
A: Across Champaign through May, building permits for $107 million in commercial and multi-family developments have been issued, up from $91 million through May a year ago and down from $130 million in 2018.
And much of this year’s value was from the $72 million being spent on the 12-story structure being built at Sixth and Daniel streets.
That block used to be home to the popular bar Kam’s, as well as an Espresso Royale coffee shop, Subway, a short-lived Fernando’s brick-and-mortar location, Home of Gourmet Chinese and the former C.O. Daniels bar.
The developer Core Spaces is planning to replace that with a 12-story structure featuring commercial space on the first floor, two floors of office space occupied by the University of Illinois…
