CHICAGO | General Developments

[marothisu]

Somehow I missed the whole zoning application day(s) this week, but here's a rundown of some of the ones

1) Hartshorne Plunkard is proposing to re-develop its Headquarters site and the building next door to the west of it. They are proposing that the building and parking lot to the west of them would be a 12 story, 147 foot tall (138 to top of building) Hotel while their current building at 232 N Carpenter would become a 6 story office building. This is very close to Google along Fulton Market.

Current: https://www.google.com/maps/place/10...!4d-87.6539808

Crains story: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...es-its-hq-site



2) 2139 and 2159 W Pershing Rd across the street from McKinley Park. Both old, solid warehouse buildings.

2159 W Pershing Rd: Renovate and convert into 125 residential units, and 45 parking spaces: https://www.google.com/maps/place/21...9!4d-87.678811

2139 W Pershing: Renovate and convert into 39 residential units with commercial/office uses as well, along with 100 parking spaces: https://www.google.com/maps/place/21...9!4d-87.678811

One of the other buildings right near this is already being renovated and there are some small scale developments from some Chinese developments nearby. This is part of the old Central Manufacturing District.

Crains with the story: https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...2CF3BAA85813B7

Source: Crains


3) Retail/Parking building in Lakeview East on Broadway between Barry and Briar is getting a new addition on top (not sure if it's 1 floor or technically 2) - bringing it to 7 total floors at just under 83 feet tall. They're going to reduce the number of parking spaces by 50% bringing it to 60 and then there's going to be 72 residential units in there. 40 of the parking spaces will be for residents while the other 20 will be for the public.

Currently: https://www.google.com/maps/place/31...8!4d-87.643951


4) Proposed 6 story (79 feet) building with 25 units and 25 parking spaces on the surface parking lot next to Illume, to the south. Building would take up whole space fronting both Green St and Peoria St

Current: https://www.google.com/maps/place/12...8!4d-87.648829


5) Construct 19 new townhomes on Halsted & 43rd street in Canaryville. Currently vacant land:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/42...!4d-87.6457112

[Via Chicago]

its so great to see those old Pershing warehouses finally get some action. ive wanted that corridor to be preserved more than really anything else in this city, for a lonnggg time.

a little part of me will still miss the sensation of driving past them on a grey rainy day and feeling like i had just time warped into some 80s era cop procedural.

[Jibba]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Old Town condo project being scrapped. New owner planning 254 apartments, already has at least partial financing (equity I believe through crowdfunding).

1400 N Orleans:



https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2019...uxury-rentals/

Where's the other horseman? I thought there were 4??

[Handro]

Originally Posted by marothisu

4) Proposed 6 story (79 feet) building with 25 units and 25 parking spaces on the surface parking lot next to Illume, to the south. Building would take up whole space fronting both Green St and Peoria St

Current: https://www.google.com/maps/place/12...8!4d-87.648829
]

Yes! That little lot is oddly one of my least favorite in the city.

[Zerton]

Originally Posted by harryc

UICC - University of Illinois at Chicago Circle .

Only renamed in the minds of the administration which has a pathological case of inferiority when comparing themselves to the (larger) ag school downstate.

Wow, I never knew that. My coworker is amazed right now that I didn't.

[pullmanman]

A building permit was issued for this project yesterday (permit number 100797429).

Here's some info on the project from Neighbors of the West Loop.



Should be 260 units, and apparently a 1:1 ratio of units-to-parking spaces.

[aaron38]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

that said, while historic courtyard buildings are one of chicago's finest housing styles, thats mainly because of their build quality (craftsman era), their human scale despite their size, and the generous garden space/setbacks they provide for residents.

It is sad the way human scale construction is no longer really allowed, and that costs are constantly forced up.
My brother was an EMT for many years and in talking to him, he wanted every building to be either a ranch or to have elevators, wide hallways, hospital width doors. If he couldn't get a wheeled stretcher into every corner of a building, he wanted it torn down as a danger to human health (and his back I guess).

An extreme view yes, but we see how it's become impossible to build anything smaller and affordable. Affordability now requires a tower of shoeboxes.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

i dont disagree, and the reason areas like Rogers Park/Edgewater have remained affordable for segments of the working class is because these do exist. that said, having dated someone for a while that lived in one (and one better maintained than most), i dont envy anyone who gets stuck in one. many of the older courtyard buildings provide far more gracious housing at comparable cost, despite their age. sadly they will never be built again and what we have is what we will have forever.

Oh come on, the 4+1s are comparable to apartments of a similar vintage across America. Hardly some third-world slum. Plus their layouts are far more conducive to modern living than any Chicago tenement built before 1915 or so. Try fitting anything larger than a full sized bed into the 7' wide bedrooms that are typical of historic stock in Wicker Park, Pilsen, Little Village, Bridgeport etc.

You're right that the courtyard buildings are also affordable, but they were purpose-built for the upper middle class back in the 1920s just like today's new construction is. They were the TOD buildings of the 1920s, and just as unaffordable for the working classes back then. Also consider that the builder back then wasn't expected to provide any free on-site parking to tenants, so didn't have to deal with the expense of fire-resistive construction on the ground floor OR the loss of leasable square footage to store a bunch of metal boxes.

[tjp]

The articles last year all made it seem like the Uptown Theater funding was in the bag, but now the owner is saying they still need $40 million.... Makes sense; the $ figures they were citing before seemed WAY too small.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/04...tre-cac-event/

[BonoboZill4]

Originally Posted by tjp

The articles last year all made it seem like the Uptown Theater funding was in the bag, but now the owner is saying they still need $40 million.... Makes sense; the $ figures they were citing before seemed WAY too small.

https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/04...tre-cac-event/

Yeah, I remember how many of us were laughing that the funding for it would still be insufficient, and now we get confirmation.

[we the people]

Two State Street apartment projects presented at lively Gold Coast meeting

1130 N. State Street


"With the smaller development out of the way, the presentation shifted to the meeting’s main attraction: a 39-story tower slated to replace the Barnes & Noble bookstore at 1130 N. State Street—which was put up for sale in September, reported the Chicago Tribune at the time."

"Designed by architecture firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB), the high-rise calls for 368 rental apartments offered in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, 19,000 square feet of commercial space, and 161 parking spaces. The design features a more traditional base clad in concrete, stucco, and brick topped by a contemporary glass and metal tower with curved corners."


https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/4/11...e-barnes-noble

[harryc]

April 5

The river path was supposed to be preserved - does not look that way. With the glass railing cutting off the path along the river between Clark and Dearborn (and killing 321 Rivers (Dearborn) river front bar traffic.







I fear that the rational is that people will still be able to take the stairs down 2 floors and then up to floors on the other end.

[marothisu]

Building permit was issued the other day for the former Wal Mart Express building on Chicago Avenue next to the Brown Line stop. Centrum owns this - anybody know their plans? There was a Crains article about them buying it in 2016, but at the time they didn't have plans for it.

[harryc]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Building permit was issued the other day for the former Wal Mart Express building on Chicago Avenue next to the Brown Line stop. Centrum owns this - anybody know their plans? There was a Crains article about them buying it in 2016, but at the time they didn't have plans for it.

the aggressively bland building on the SE corner ?

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by harryc

the aggressively bland building on the SE corner ?

Yep. This site should be big enough even for a smaller high rise. So hopefully they do that or at least something minimum of 6 floors to fall in line with the building next to it.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/22...!4d-87.6353666

[the urban politician]

What does the building permit say on it?

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

What does the building permit say on it?

The permit is only to demolish that building. I can't find a pending permit to build anything. What's that thing zoned as?

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by marothisu

The permit is only to demolish that building. I can't find a pending permit to build anything. What's that thing zoned as?

The site is zoned DX-5. Since the site looks to be about 16,500 sqft, then at max Centrum could build ~80 units at 130 ft as of right.

Source: https://secondcityzoning.org/resourc...-Ordinance.pdf

[spyguy]

Originally Posted by marothisu

3) Retail/Parking building in Lakeview East on Broadway between Barry and Briar is getting a new addition on top (not sure if it's 1 floor or technically 2) - bringing it to 7 total floors at just under 83 feet tall. They're going to reduce the number of parking spaces by 50% bringing it to 60 and then there's going to be 72 residential units in there. 40 of the parking spaces will be for residents while the other 20 will be for the public.

Currently: https://www.google.com/maps/place/31...8!4d-87.643951

[HowardL]

I went past Steppenwolf this morning on the Halsted bus and I swear I saw a caisson rig on the site of the new theatre.

Truth in posting, it was 04:30 and I was on my way to work. Honestly, could have been anything but looked like a rig.