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Harry Chaddick
Harry Francis Chaddick (August 27, 1902 – May 30, 1994) was a multimillionaire philanthropist, real estate developer, and former Director of Zoning of Chicago, Illinois. Chaddick was born and grew up in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Chaddick started his career as a stock boy, then worked as an assistant pharmacist in a Chicago drug store.
In 1924, at age 22, he bought a used Ford truck for $350 and entered the shipping business. He built and expanded his business, using innovative methods such as "piggyback" transportation, integrating rail shipping and truck shipping. Also, he was the first to use two-way radios in his trucks. Throughout the 1930s and 40s, Chaddick built his business into one of America's largest motor freight companies. He served on national trucking and transportation associations, and negotiated with regional and local unions, including the Teamsters Union; Chaddick negotiated with Jimmy Hoffa, who was representing Local 299 in Detroit. Chaddick also established a comprehensive truck terminal system on the West Side of Chicago. In 1954, Chaddick sold his trucking companies, and by 1957, he had mostly divested from all shipping businesses.
During World War II, because of his expertise in shipping, Chaddick received an appointment to oversee the transportation of men and materials to North Africa.
Chaddick's work in zoning began in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1948, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly tasked Chaddick to settle disagreements and draw up a new ordinance for where to place truck terminals in the city. After this engagement went favorably, Chaddick was appointed to positions in charge of zoning. Chaddick was Chicago's Director of Zoning under Mayor Kennelly and Mayor Richard Daley. In this position, Chaddick produced the city's first Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance in 1957. This was seen as a major step toward modernization, and it encouraged retail and high-rise development. Over the following decade, Chaddick and fellow city zoning officials refined and revised the laws.
Chaddick directed real estate development through his corporation First American Realty, in Chicago and in Palm Springs, California. As the head of First American Realty, he orchestrated the transformation of vacant real estate, an old World War II aircraft engine plant into Ford City Mall. He also developed the Brickyard shopping center, Forest Park Mall, and Addison Mall. In Palm Springs, California, Tennis Club Hotel of Palm Springs, the Palm Springs Country Club and the residential neighborhood Andreas Hills.
In 1987, Lexington Development Corp. of Arlington Heights bought First American Realty, the affiliated Harry F. Chaddick Realty, and the industrial, residential, and retail properties from Chaddick. Chaddick maintained the consultant firm of Harry F. Chaddick Associates, but this 1987 sale was seen as Chaddick's move toward retirement.
In 1988, Chaddick was inducted into the Chicago Board of Realtors Hall of Fame.
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Harry Chaddick
Harry Francis Chaddick (August 27, 1902 – May 30, 1994) was a multimillionaire philanthropist, real estate developer, and former Director of Zoning of Chicago, Illinois. Chaddick was born and grew up in the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.
Chaddick started his career as a stock boy, then worked as an assistant pharmacist in a Chicago drug store.
In 1924, at age 22, he bought a used Ford truck for $350 and entered the shipping business. He built and expanded his business, using innovative methods such as "piggyback" transportation, integrating rail shipping and truck shipping. Also, he was the first to use two-way radios in his trucks. Throughout the 1930s and 40s, Chaddick built his business into one of America's largest motor freight companies. He served on national trucking and transportation associations, and negotiated with regional and local unions, including the Teamsters Union; Chaddick negotiated with Jimmy Hoffa, who was representing Local 299 in Detroit. Chaddick also established a comprehensive truck terminal system on the West Side of Chicago. In 1954, Chaddick sold his trucking companies, and by 1957, he had mostly divested from all shipping businesses.
During World War II, because of his expertise in shipping, Chaddick received an appointment to oversee the transportation of men and materials to North Africa.
Chaddick's work in zoning began in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1948, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly tasked Chaddick to settle disagreements and draw up a new ordinance for where to place truck terminals in the city. After this engagement went favorably, Chaddick was appointed to positions in charge of zoning. Chaddick was Chicago's Director of Zoning under Mayor Kennelly and Mayor Richard Daley. In this position, Chaddick produced the city's first Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance in 1957. This was seen as a major step toward modernization, and it encouraged retail and high-rise development. Over the following decade, Chaddick and fellow city zoning officials refined and revised the laws.
Chaddick directed real estate development through his corporation First American Realty, in Chicago and in Palm Springs, California. As the head of First American Realty, he orchestrated the transformation of vacant real estate, an old World War II aircraft engine plant into Ford City Mall. He also developed the Brickyard shopping center, Forest Park Mall, and Addison Mall. In Palm Springs, California, Tennis Club Hotel of Palm Springs, the Palm Springs Country Club and the residential neighborhood Andreas Hills.
In 1987, Lexington Development Corp. of Arlington Heights bought First American Realty, the affiliated Harry F. Chaddick Realty, and the industrial, residential, and retail properties from Chaddick. Chaddick maintained the consultant firm of Harry F. Chaddick Associates, but this 1987 sale was seen as Chaddick's move toward retirement.
In 1988, Chaddick was inducted into the Chicago Board of Realtors Hall of Fame.