Cockatoo Hotel site in Hawthorne hatches chain lodgings in Hawthorne

This is why Hawthorne’s hotel hub is about to nearly double, putting the city on steadier financial footing

A cluster of hotels located near the southeast corner of Imperial Highway and Hawthorne Boulevard will nearly double in size over the next three years, going from four hotels with a combined 417 rooms ...

Marriott opens new hotel in Hawthorne as city leaders tout local renaissance

The grand opening ceremony for two new side-by-side Marriott hotels in Hawthorne on Wednesday, Dec. 5, represented much more than the celebrated opening for another hotel. For city leaders who ...

Cockatoo Hotel site in Hawthorne hatches chain lodgings

Fifteen years after the infamous Cockatoo Hotel in Hawthorne closed, it has been reborn as a complex of three chain hotels. The historic European-style inn’s characteristic red brick walls have been ...

Stickney mayor, board oppose data center at Hawthorne horse racing site

A report identifies the race track buyer as a data center developer, while village trustees vote for a moratorium.

Final Hawthorne Eviction Date Set for Aug. 31

All backstretch residents have been ordered off the property of bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course effective at 9 a.m. CDT Aug.

Report: Data center operator revealed as Hawthorne buyer

Digital Realty is a global data center operator with more than 300 facilities across six continents ...

Long-vacant Hawthorne Plaza faces demolition after court ruling

Hawthorne Plaza, the 35-acre shopping center in Hawthorne that has been closed since the late 1990s, is coming down. Sky5 was ...

Hawthorne Asks Marshals to Forcibly Evict Horsemen

Bankrupt Hawthorne Racecourse is seeking approve to use the U.S. Marshals Service to forcibly evict the remaining residents of the track backstretch "using whatever force necessary ..." ...

300 people displaced, racing community's future uncertain as judge approves Hawthorne sale

A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Hawthorne Race Course to a Delaware company for $90 million, a decision that ...

Hawthorne Plaza Wrecking Crews Arrive as Court Deadline Finally Bites

Heavy machinery and work crews rolled onto the site of the long-dead Hawthorne Plaza this week, marking the start of ...

Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.

Cicero trustees approved resolutions Tuesday to oppose a pair of rumored data centers, one at the historic horse-racing venue in neighboring Stickney.

From most popular sport to bankruptcy, Hawthorne’s closure ends an era of horse racing in the Chicago area

Hawthorne Race Course was set to close after a mystery bidder claimed it in bankruptcy with no plans for racing.

Hawthorne Public School District

Hawthorne Public School District contains 5 schools and 2,207 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 60%. Also, 25.3% of students are economically disadvantaged. The student body at the ...