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marothisu · #**34621** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 2:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vlajos

I live near this, they demo'd the crap shack a month or so ago. Glad to see this finally move forward. There was a lot of NIMBYism about scary renters and not enough parking.

Really glad - your alderman seems like he knows what's up and what is good for the area. It's crazy how much NIMBYism people have. "MONSTROSITY!!!" - there's literally 3 story buildings right near there and this is 5. They'd probably have a point if it was some hulking 15+ story building, but I'm glad the alderman has more sense than to listen to those severe people.

Near North Resident · #**34622** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 2:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by PKDickman

Used car lot! That used to be the KFC
Frickin' ugly design.
Not as bad as those nitwits with the hotel, but darn it's close.

those windows will likely be black tinted... I think the building looks pretty sharp IMO and its very urban, kind of reminds me of a knock off of 858 n franklin

spyguy · #**34623** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 3:22 PM**

Nothing amazing but also not terribly offensive. Ground floor retail will be nice.

3220 N Lincoln - 19 units, 4 parking spots

Steely Dan · #**34624** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 3:39 PM**

^ so long Fizz.

PKDickman · #**34625** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by spyguy

Nothing amazing but also not terribly offensive. Ground floor retail will be nice.

Is that the same building?
Jeez, what an improvement.

I'm not crazy about the beige, but gone is the staccato of vertical windows, gone is the goofy black and white horizontal bands, gone is the intrusion of the masonry and metal banding into the corner of the storefront.

I think I would have left the dark brick parapet on the Western side and the eave on the top floor. Those were the only things that worked

maru2501 · #**34626** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 5:08 PM**

Fizz has in fact closed I think

k1052 · #**34627** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 5:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

I swear Crain's must be reading this forum or something. Seems like the 5th time I've talked about something like this only to have an article emerge on it from Crains the next day:

They bought both the building AND the parking lot. The article talks about something for the parking lot, but I'm wondering if they're planning on tearing down the building and replacing it with something.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...office-project

Sterling Bay at it again with 9 floors and 400,000 sq ft. Presumably they wouldn't be talking to the city unless they have an anchor tenant pretty much in hand.

Must be another stupid company who doesn't understand office leasing.

the urban politician · #**34628** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:03 PM**

^ I hope this would be new jobs for the area rather than the typical tenant churn

UrbanLibertine · #**34629** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

I swear Crain's must be reading this forum or something. Seems like the 5th time I've talked about something like this only to have an article emerge on it from Crains the next day:

They bought both the building AND the parking lot. The article talks about something for the parking lot, but I'm wondering if they're planning on tearing down the building and replacing it with something.

They're not the only ones...

Rizzo · #**34630** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by maru2501

Fizz has in fact closed I think

It just closed. I feel like Fizz was better a couple years ago. Last two times I've been it was dead on a Saturday night. I kind of liked the original building, but I hated that gap in the streetwall. The patio was ok.

ithakas · #**34631** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by k1052

Must be another stupid company who doesn't understand office leasing.

Walgreens?

k1052 · #**34632** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by ithakas

Walgreens?

Doesn't seem like it would be close to enough space for even a slimmed down workforce but who knows. Also SB plans have a habit of coming out bigger than early info indicates.

maru2501 · #**34633** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 7:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hayward

It just closed. I feel like Fizz was better a couple years ago. Last two times I've been it was dead on a Saturday night. I kind of liked the original building, but I hated that gap in the streetwall. The patio was ok.

It was better. Went under new management I heard because the owner didn't like the partyish atmosphere there and people giving out free drinks and stuff. Went downhill fast

marothisu · #**34634** Posted **Aug 24, 2016, 7:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by UrbanLibertine

They're not the only ones...

Everyone knows that Curbed reads this forum haha. Luckily there's a building permit site that's easily linkable, so in case anyone breaks that news here they can just look up the permit on that site and not cite where it actually broke

UrbanLibertine · #**34635** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 2:45 AM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

Everyone knows that Curbed reads this forum haha. Luckily there's a building permit site that's easily linkable, so in case anyone breaks that news here they can just look up the permit on that site and not cite where it actually broke

LOL, exactly

James_Mac · #**34636** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 2:29 PM**

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but they've started gutting the former Atlantic Bank Building - the building directly north of Smurfit Stone on Michigan Ave that Oxford Capital is turning into a hotel.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...511-story.html

There's a security guard at the Randolph entrance to the alley that services the back of the building, and if you look down the alley there's a large number of dumpsters down there, with activity. I've also seen trucks carrying full dumpsters out of there. They've been working for at least a week now. I haven't seen any sign of work on the facade of the building, though.

BrandonJXN · #**34637** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 3:01 PM**

Anyone know what's going on at Milwaukee and Leavitt (former Aldi's)?

lu9 · #**34638** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 3:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Anyone know what's going on at Milwaukee and Leavitt (former Aldi's)?

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...ar-new-complex

marothisu · #**34639** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 3:09 PM**

The Aldi development got its first permit in early May and then the 2nd one in mid July.

marothisu · #**34640** Posted **Aug 25, 2016, 5:28 PM**

New report that Curbed is citing shows Chicago area construction spending up a lot YTD compared to last year. Compares Chicago versus Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, LA, Miami, NYC, SF, and Seattle. Chicago, YTD thru July has by far the highest increase in spending compared to any of those other areas. It is about even with Atlanta area in spending thru July, slightly ahead of Miami, far ahead of SF and Seattle, and not too far behind LA. Very interesting to say the least

http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/8/25/...on-spending-up

More original article:
https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/201...-surging-2016/