18. 62084 1937 1949 Winnebago Street and 316 Russell Street; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish four commercial buildings and a single family residence; and consideration of a conditional use in the Traditional Shopping Street (TSS) District for a building exceeding 25,000 square feet of floor area for a mixed use or multi tenant building to allow construction of a three story mixed use building with approximately 8,000 square feet of commercial space and 11 apartments.

The deal marks a new milestone for EssilorLuxottica, which was formed last year from the merger of French lens maker Essilor and Italian eyewear group Luxottica, but which has been hit by disputes over who should run the group.GrandVision, whose chains include Vision Express in Britain and For Eyes in the United States, would give EssilorLuxottica control of more than 7,000 outlets across the world where it already sells brands including Varilux lenses and Ray Ban sunglasses.But the deal is likely to face intense scrutiny by competition regulators. The European Union only approved the 48 billion euro merger of Essilor and Luxottica after a long study.”EssilorLuxottica is looking here to address all the segments of the market, from glasses with Essilor to spectacles with Luxottica and retail with GrandVision,” said Gregoire Laverne, a fund manager with Roche Brune Asset Management.Article Sidebar ShareShare this Story: EssilorLuxottica sets sights on retail dominance with $8 bln GrandVision deal Copy LinkEmailFacebookTwitterRedditLinkedInTumblrStory continues belowThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content continued”There are synergies to be expected given the group will be able to push its products through GrandVision stores. But the deal poses a real challenge for EssilorLuxottica which is struggling with governance issues,” he added.EssilorLuxottica said it had agreed to buy a 76.72% stake in GrandVision from Dutch investment company HAL NV for 28 euros per share.

I mean there was a huge legacy of great talent that went through there. It was a team that was run by a legendary guy like Emile Francis. You know I can’t say enough good things about it. Though her New York Times obituary notes that Tyson was generally reticent about her personal life, she’s literally an open book here, writing about her long relationship and eventual marriage to troubled jazz genius Miles Davis (“the Miles I knew was sensitive and ailing, bruised by the hurts this life metes out”), her love for the daughter whose real name she does not reveal, her friendships, her exercise routine, her joys, her griefs. It’s a life lived in all its fullness, and reading it reveals to us as great actors do a complete person, one we miss once the book is closed. Doubly so now..