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harryc

Feb 20, 2020, 8:40 PM

Not so sure about it. Keep in mind that the Chicago MSA has added almost 20K people born in China between 2010 and 2018. There is a demand for new retail and restaurants. Additionally, with the 78 phase 1 happening, it should add some more demand.

I think also that many people who dont know how China is underestimate this stuff. I cant stress enough how much demand there is for restaurants even in truly small towns in China or little areas. Idk if we'll see all of this but won't be surprised if it all does happen sometime. There's much more demand per person than people might realize in this community. There is also a bit of interest from chains from China in Chicago opening up. Multiple in the pipeline for this year.

Speaking of Chinatown, anyone have a report on how the new hotel on Wentworth is going and the warehouse on Cermak converting to a new hotel, restaurants, etc?

Feb 1

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marothisu

Feb 20, 2020, 11:26 PM

^ Thanks!

It looks like the Chinese mall at 2105 S Jefferson St with the upcoming Chongqing Hot Pot place has a name. Jefferson Square but the Chinese name ("天一广场") is Tianyi Square which also happens to be an area in Ningbo. Could also be translated as "Sky One Plaza". Besides that hot pot place, it looks like at least a cafe and possibly a supermarket are being built out in there.

I also want to remind some people that this is almost right behind the new big music venue opening next weeekend in Chicago (Radius) with a capacity of 3800 people

https://i.imgur.com/vOy0QTel.jpg

Handro

Feb 21, 2020, 4:10 PM

Steely Dan

Feb 21, 2020, 4:16 PM

^ NICE!

such a handsome building, love the brick detailing. glad to hear it won't be thrown away like so many other hundreds of wonderful buildings our city has tossed aside.

ardecila

Feb 21, 2020, 4:22 PM

This historic school (built 1894) got a conversion permit yesterday to turn into residential: https://www.google.com/maps/place/1444+W+AUGUSTA/@41.899756,-87.6643076,3a,75y,357.94h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sgk1CWsongW6SBEKyAMr5kg!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x880fd2d3c204bd3f:0xf7cb202a6aed48f3?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjIp9m2g-PnAhXETd8KHaoeBzEQxB0wAHoECAsQAg

Great to see, it's a pretty hulking building and sitting empty adds some eeriness to the block (I used to live at Augusta/Ashland). GREAT to see it isn't being torn down, either! The plan to convert is originally from 2014 (according to a cursory google search) without many updates since then, so it sort of flew under the radar as far as I can tell.

My company tried to bid on this school for a residential conversion back in 2013, but Ald. Burnett wanted to give it to Northwestern Settlement. They focused on the low-rise annex first for an expansion of their community/educational programming. I think they are also doing the residential portion as affordable housing.

Handro

Feb 21, 2020, 9:38 PM

BVictor1

Feb 21, 2020, 10:09 PM

For those interested a public meeting about the possible redevelopment of Prizker Park at State & Van Buren.

Chicago Loop Site Community Meeting (RSVP) (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/c40-reinventing-cities-competition-loop-site-community-meeting-tickets-93002620341)

6 to 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 S. State St

Barrelfish

Feb 21, 2020, 11:00 PM

My company tried to bid on this school for a residential conversion back in 2013, but Ald. Burnett wanted to give it to Northwestern Settlement. They focused on the low-rise annex first for an expansion of their community/educational programming. I think they are also doing the residential portion as affordable housing.

Yep, the building's immediate neighbor is Rowe Middle School, which is a program of Northwestern Settlement. The school opened in 2014 (Rowe Elementary opened in 2009 at another location), so presumably Burnett put this project on hold in case Rowe needed the building. The middle school has been fully open for a few years now and there doesn't seem to be an imminent plan for expansion, so it seems that is no longer necessary (and Northwestern Settlement doesn't have any other immediate needs for it).

west-town-brad

Feb 22, 2020, 5:32 PM

777 N Franklin was approved. This is a pivotal project to me--extension of the burgeoning Chicago ave canyon from State St. to the river, and exclaimation point to the transformation of the Franklin canyon from Chicago to the river. Riding the brown north-south through this section has changed dramatically in the past 10 years.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERUwsHJUYAAeT57?format=jpg&name=large

I wonder if there is any proactive effort to protect those old and/or "historic" buildings on Chicago Ave. We'll probably wait until it's too late.

Sarcasm aside many of those buildings have been rehabbed and well maintained without historic protections.

ardecila

Feb 22, 2020, 7:23 PM

Within the downtown zoning districts, small buildings have some protections built in because small lots are bad candidates for high rise redevelopment. If you’re a developer, you really want a larger site to work with. And assembling large sites from several smaller ones is extraordinarily difficult, it can take years.

New York, Hong Kong, and a few other cities can make “sliver towers” work on small sites but certainly not Chicago.

mark0

Feb 22, 2020, 8:22 PM

"I wonder if there is any proactive effort to protect those old and/or "historic" buildings on Chicago Ave. We'll probably wait until it's too late."

None that Im aware of and I agree. The mix of new and old is interesting. To many bland podium towers would kill the urbanity on the street. The corner of Chicago and Wells had a great cluster of vintage 1890s Chicago buildings and should never have been demolished. The dwindling river north vintage stock needs to be protected better and towers forced to work in parking lots and or save facades or street / corner facing buildings that contribute to the character. The old walmart I dont think anyone could argue contributes to the character

Mr Downtown

Feb 23, 2020, 1:12 AM

Guys, it's important to remember that, to be legally defensible, landmark protection ordinances must have justifiable criteria for designating buildings. The Chicago ordinance says proposed landmarks must meet at least two of the following seven criteria: value as an example of City, State or National heritage; location of a site of a significant historic event, identification with a significant person, exemplary architecture, work of a significant architect or designer, representation of a significant theme, and a unique or distinctive visual feature. Property owners have not been shy about suing the city over any designations that might smack of vagueness.

"They add character" and "the replacement might be ugly" are not criteria that can survive a lawsuit.

harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 10:13 AM

Feb 22

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harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 10:31 AM

Feb 14

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Feb 22

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harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 11:19 AM

Feb 14

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Feb 22

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Temporary pedway
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Old deck being removed
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harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 11:39 AM

Feb 14

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harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 12:09 PM

Feb 22

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harryc

Feb 23, 2020, 12:39 PM

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49573827957_c2fa693b39_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iwEPVF)Chicago | Randolph / Michigan (https://flic.kr/p/2iwEPVF) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

Handro

Feb 23, 2020, 1:18 PM

This is pretty cool! Been wondering if this was going to push ahead, hadn’t heard anything about it in what feels like years: corner at 800 N Milwaukee (Chicago/Milwaukee, opposite the CVS) issued demo permit.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChiBuildings/status/1231258113203953664

marothisu

Feb 23, 2020, 1:54 PM

emathias

Feb 23, 2020, 8:04 PM

harryc

Feb 24, 2020, 1:44 AM

Feb 18

"Soil testing"
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they were filling it back in when I was there.

harryc

Feb 24, 2020, 1:54 AM

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harryc

Feb 24, 2020, 11:35 AM

Feb 20

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Feb 22

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harryc

Feb 24, 2020, 1:16 PM

The old bar closed before finishing or opening the new deck. I would have loved a roof top bar at the level of the El tracks. Would have been like the old days at Dakin / Sheridan.

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west-town-brad

Feb 24, 2020, 5:17 PM

ardecila

Feb 24, 2020, 7:29 PM

so why are the river north mansion historic protections necessary?

Most of them aren't necessary, as the buildings are sandwiched in between larger structures.

The only reason that historic district even saw the light of day is because Brendan Reilly wanted to put the nail in the coffin of the proposed tower at Wabash/Superior.

Rizzo

Feb 24, 2020, 8:49 PM

Good to see a rendering of it. I remember when the zoning app came out a few years ago for that.

More renderings, including one showing off a nice street wall filling in along Milwaukee

https://www.lipeproperty.com/1122-w-chicago

spyguy

Feb 26, 2020, 2:47 AM

Most of them aren't necessary, as the buildings are sandwiched in between larger structures.

The only reason that historic district even saw the light of day is because Brendan Reilly wanted to put the nail in the coffin of the proposed tower at Wabash/Superior.

Not everything is replaced by a highrise. See Oak Street as well as other areas on the near north side where building facades have been "modernized" or replaced by similarly small scale retail buildings.

This is great news and hopefully just the start.

spyguy

Feb 26, 2020, 3:48 AM

777 N Franklin was approved. This is a pivotal project to me--extension of the burgeoning Chicago ave canyon from State St. to the river, and exclaimation point to the transformation of the Franklin canyon from Chicago to the river. Riding the brown north-south through this section has changed dramatically in the past 10 years.

Couple blocks away these are set to rise:
https://i.postimg.cc/sx0qRTYk/Screen-Shot-2020-02-25-at-7-42-32-PM.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/gj0Q5CZy/Screen-Shot-2020-02-25-at-7-42-03-PM.jpg

Ricochet48

Feb 26, 2020, 4:50 AM

^^^ Just glad something is taking the spots east of the Hudson apartment complex. Surprised the little building in the middle is surviving though haha.

That area has changed so much. Next luxury high rises all over and a couple offices.

sloop.chi

Feb 26, 2020, 2:48 PM

Couple blocks away these are set to rise:
https://i.postimg.cc/sx0qRTYk/Screen-Shot-2020-02-25-at-7-42-32-PM.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/gj0Q5CZy/Screen-Shot-2020-02-25-at-7-42-03-PM.jpg

Chicago needs about 100 of these, if not more. City has plenty of low rise and a strong high rise count. Mid rise is lacking sorely. I really like these and want more

maru2501

Feb 26, 2020, 3:25 PM

^ yeah, and maybe that becomes the go-to filler as the boom starts to ebb. Still money to be made

Steely Dan

Feb 26, 2020, 3:38 PM

Chicago needs about 100 of these, if not more. City has plenty of low rise and a strong high rise count. Mid rise is lacking sorely. I really like these and want more

yeah, chicago has this weird duality where it seems like you can either build 4 stories, or 40 stories, but not so much 10 story stuff.

jc5680

Feb 26, 2020, 4:03 PM

^ Elevator economics—4 is as high as you can go before they are required, right? Once you have to pay for those you might as well spread that cost out as much as you can. In residential at least.

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1001 Fulton
http://www.j-carlson.com/share/1001_feb26.jpg

ardecila

Feb 26, 2020, 4:07 PM

The city's building codes enforce full high-rise standards for buildings over 80', causing a big step change in construction costs at 80'. 8 stories in 80' is possible but very tight, so you see a lot of buildings up to 6/7 stories under the low-rise standards, and then another group of buildings at 12 stories and up under the high-rise standards where the added unit count starts to balance out the higher construction cost.

These 9-story buildings are probably between 90' and 110', so they are solidly in that no-go zone.

It's not really about whether you have an elevator or not, but about what kind of construction type, what kind of sprinkler system, etc. Chicago has adopted a new building code, too, so the calculus behind these decisions is changing.

jc5680

Feb 26, 2020, 4:21 PM

mark0

Feb 26, 2020, 4:34 PM

^ aren't elevators required above 4? I can't speak broadly to construction incentives, but elevator costs/maintenance (and more recently a cab replacement) is routinely one of the biggest costs to my building's annual budget.

The 4 then 10+ dichotomy makes even more sense to me if there are large cost considerations at 4 then again ~8 floors.

Even at 4 floors elevator buildings make sense because the units command a higher price and sell faster. 3 floors is typically the limit most people purchasing want to walk up.

west-town-brad

Feb 26, 2020, 4:42 PM

Even at 4 floors elevator buildings make sense because the units command a higher price and sell faster. 3 floors is typically the limit most people purchasing want to walk up.

I've seen 4-unit elevator buildings.

No thanks on that replacement/maintenance cost. Or waiting to be rescued when the thing acts up.

mark0

Feb 26, 2020, 5:25 PM

I've seen 4-unit elevator buildings.

No thanks on that replacement/maintenance cost. Or waiting to be rescued when the thing acts up.

Easier when they are double loaded 8 unit 4 story buildings for sure.

ardecila

Feb 26, 2020, 7:38 PM

^ aren't elevators required above 4? I can't speak broadly to construction incentives, but elevator costs/maintenance (and more recently a cab replacement) is routinely one of the biggest costs to my building's annual budget.

The 4 then 10+ dichotomy makes even more sense to me if there are large cost considerations at 4 then again ~8 floors.

Elevators aren't a pain point because elevator buildings usually command higher rents than walk-ups. It pays for itself, basically.

On the other hand, nobody will pay a premium to live in a building with 2-hour fire rated walls and a sprinkler system vs a building that doesn't have those things.

KOgc

Feb 26, 2020, 9:07 PM

I'm not sure what the project is, but the pretty big lot just south of the SoNo towers has a couple of floors of steel framing erected on it's east side.

I think it's a Power Project and I thought I remembered seeing a CallisonRTKL design firm poster on the temp fence - couldn't find anything on their website though.

Nice to infill that big lot!

emathias

Feb 26, 2020, 10:54 PM

Even at 4 floors elevator buildings make sense because the units command a higher price and sell faster. 3 floors is typically the limit most people purchasing want to walk up.

I own the 4th floor of a walk-up. It's not that bad, and I am very happy not to have upstairs neighbors.

SolarWind

Feb 27, 2020, 6:34 AM

February 24, 2020

https://imgur.com/EFp100B.jpg

https://imgur.com/ESIUcd9.jpg

spyguy

Feb 29, 2020, 5:51 PM

932 West Randolph - replacing the bland bank building currently at this corner
https://i.imgur.com/xfMSibk.jpg

1020 West Randolph - replacing the accompanying hideous drive-thru bank
https://i.imgur.com/1u2Kg8L.jpg

1100 West Randolph - not sure why they had to tear down the existing building for this :shrug:
https://i.imgur.com/7rBj42t.jpg?1

ardecila

Feb 29, 2020, 7:20 PM

Interesting. I've actually grown to like that bank building, though. Nice echoes of Louis Sullivan's jewel boxes and other Chicago Prairie School. Sometimes you have to look beyond the utility brick! Certainly no better or worse than the building planned to replace it. I wonder if this is actually a reclad and expansion onto the north parking lot?

The drive thru, though, good riddance...

harryc

Mar 1, 2020, 3:09 AM

Feb 25

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Getting ready for the next bldg - drilling next door
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west-town-brad

Mar 1, 2020, 2:52 PM

932 West Randolph - replacing the bland bank building currently at this corner

1020 West Randolph - replacing the accompanying hideous drive-thru bank

1100 West Randolph - not sure why they had to tear down the existing building for this :shrug:

nice but shocking to have such low density next to a major el station that was just built with $50 Mill in tax dollars.

ardecila

Mar 1, 2020, 4:58 PM

jc5680

Mar 1, 2020, 10:53 PM

Yeah, the scale is totally fine. The smaller sized retailers that continue to fill in on Randolph have made this area of neighborhood notably more vibrant broadly —not just a work/dining district. It also is more interesting visually; as taller buildings fill in behind along lake and Fulton, you end up with more variety, texture, and depth.

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1220 Jackson
http://www.j-carlson.com/share/1220_mar1_a.jpg

http://www.j-carlson.com/share/1220_mar1_b.jpg

harryc

Mar 2, 2020, 2:34 AM

Feb 28

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harryc

Mar 2, 2020, 3:06 AM

Feb 28

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SIGSEGV

Mar 2, 2020, 3:32 AM

Two terrible pictures taken from the bus today:

18th and State
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Canal Plaza (Archer and Canal?)
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west-town-brad

Mar 2, 2020, 2:54 PM

Yeah, the scale is totally fine.

I guess it will end up looking like Oak Street which is fine.

Other than the landmark district, I don't see why these buildings couldn't have been 6-8 level TOD with the same type of retail at the base. The new train station investment should be unlocking TOD.

emathias

Mar 2, 2020, 3:02 PM

^Blame the landmark district. Randolph is explicitly called out as a lowrise/midrise commercial street. Many of these proposals have to go through landmark review on top of other approvals.

Also as a general matter, retail diversity depends on stumpy lowrise “taxpayer” buildings. This is most clear in Toronto where the taxpayers contain all manner of convenience stores and diverse ethnic-owned businesses. That kind of thing is what helps make a desirable neighborhood - high rise podiums simply cannot attract this kind of tenant except under very unusual circumstances.

I think it's more a matter than landlords in those buildings want tenants that can pay at the high end of market and sign long leases and have a long, stellar credit history to back the lease. If landlords wanted convenience stores and diverse, ethnic tenants, they could easily get them if they accepted the terms those tenants seek.

And speaking of Toronto, I still remember the first time I flew into that city, seeing the city from the air and observing that I could pretty much draw the transit map just from that aerial view because the subway stations all had lumps of taller buildings. You don't see that in Chicago, at least nowhere nearly as obvious.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0e/b2/29/0eb229fcf5ab302726a279bdbd4f2875.jpg

ardecila

Mar 2, 2020, 7:16 PM

I think it's more a matter than landlords in those buildings want tenants that can pay at the high end of market and sign long leases and have a long, stellar credit history to back the lease. If landlords wanted convenience stores and diverse, ethnic tenants, they could easily get them if they accepted the terms those tenants seek.

Yeah, that's the longer answer... but those standards are often imposed by the banks even if the developer is flexible. In some cases, the developer is explicitly aiming to build and flip to a REIT or institutional investor, so then they want a national credit retailer as well.

Small retail buildings just don't exist in the same market space and don't have the same restrictions on retail tenants that large mixed-use buildings do. A neighborhood that features both kinds of buildings (as well as older buildings) will have the greatest diversity of retail businesses.

Dasylirion

Mar 3, 2020, 3:43 PM

Anyone know anything about the demolition going on along the Inner Drive near Waveland? Nice old building biting the dust...

VivaLFuego

Mar 3, 2020, 3:44 PM

Also as a general matter, retail diversity depends on stumpy lowrise “taxpayer” buildings. This is most clear in Toronto where the taxpayers contain all manner of convenience stores and diverse ethnic-owned businesses. That kind of thing is what helps make a desirable neighborhood - high rise podiums simply cannot attract this kind of tenant except under very unusual circumstances.

Age of the building matters - I haven't been up there in a while, but when I lived up in Old Town I liked that the parking podium base for the building on the north side of Division between LaSalle and Wells (I believe dating from the 1980s?) was notably getting more textured, with the space getting sliced into irregular and small units for rent and attracting a curious mix of independent and chain stuff.

ardecila

Mar 3, 2020, 4:40 PM

Age of the building matters - I haven't been up there in a while, but when I lived up in Old Town I liked that the parking podium base for the building on the north side of Division between LaSalle and Wells (I believe dating from the 1980s?) was notably getting more textured, with the space getting sliced into irregular and small units for rent and attracting a curious mix of independent and chain stuff.

Looks like that building is condo, so there may be an Association (and their broker) approving the retail tenants rather than an institutional investor. I'm sure they are motivated to keep the retail spaces leased up, to keep the assessments on condo owners relatively low.

It's rare that condo buildings include retail space. The general consensus among developers is that condo buyers won't pay top dollar to live in a building where the unwashed masses are getting takeout pizza and Monster Energy drinks on the ground floor. Then there are the practical considerations of running ventilation for restaurants, etc.

ChiPlanner

Mar 3, 2020, 5:59 PM

Anyone know anything about the demolition going on along the Inner Drive near Waveland? Nice old building biting the dust...

This was discussed somewhere back in the thread- the building had facade issues that ended up being structural issues. There's a proposal on Cappleman's website. 36 units- 3726-28 N. Lake Shore Drive

https://i.ibb.co/74c7vkc/3728.gif

Dasylirion

Mar 3, 2020, 6:12 PM

Thanks! Not a bad looking proposal.

Barrelfish

Mar 3, 2020, 6:23 PM

Lawsuit filed against the 100 unit affordable housing project at 2602-38 N. Emmett St in Logan Square

Block Club Chicago: Mark Fishman And Logan Square Landlords Sue To Block Affordable Housing Project Near Blue Line (https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/03/03/mark-fishman-and-logan-square-landlords-sue-to-block-affordable-housing-project-near-blue-line/?mc_cid=ea9f229473&mc_eid=f0f2d626e0)

Some of the quotes from the plaintiffs are basically NIMBY self-caricature:
A group of Logan Square property owners including prolific Northwest Side landlord Mark Fishman want a judge to nullify the city’s support for a planned affordable housing development, writing in a lawsuit that replacing a surface parking lot with 100 subsidized apartments would cause them “irreparable injury.”

Members of the group Neighbors for Responsible Development allege in the lawsuit that the City Council’s November vote to approve the proposal’s zoning application (O2019-2659) and its January vote (O2019-9419) to back the complex with $22.5 in multifamily housing bonds violated neighbors’ “constitutional rights to be free of arbitrary and irrational zoning and finance decisions.”

“By eliminating the only public parking in the area and replacing it with 100 apartments…the Project will choke off those residents, businesses, employees and visitors as people will no longer have a place to park and traffic will be a nightmare.”

The plaintiffs also asked a judge to strike down the planned development ordinance that aldermen and city planning officials endorsed last year in support of the proposal. They alleged that the measure was illegal because it “allows density, height and bulk that is unprecedented and inappropriate for the neighborhood, which causes hardship on Plaintiffs and nearby residents, and the public as a whole.”

Handro

Mar 4, 2020, 3:13 PM

I forgot about this project--123 S Peoria was issued it's foundation permit yesterday. Another lot bites the dust in the west loop! this one fills a gap on both sides of the block, too:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/123+S+Peoria+St,+Chicago,+IL+60607/@41.8796532,-87.649622,3a,75y,60.49h,96.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk98T1-J4j1pguctvtYXc_w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x880e2cdcbefd86d1:0x763ab14c596e2e9b!2s123+S+Peoria+St,+Chicago,+IL+60607!3b1!8m2!3d41.8797!4d-87.649299!3m4!1s0x880e2cdcbefd86d1:0x763ab14c596e2e9b!8m2!3d41.8797!4d-87.649299

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8797617,-87.6484581,3a,75y,227.58h,91.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sObsicJwsDon1BpFDWo3EZw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

ChiTownWonder

Mar 5, 2020, 12:52 AM

Hahaha suck it nimbys the lot for your precious cars is going to house ACTUAL PEOPLE what a shame! irreparable damage the the neighborhood :rolleyes:

jtown,man

Mar 5, 2020, 2:57 PM

Hahaha suck it nimbys the lot for your precious cars is going to house ACTUAL PEOPLE what a shame! irreparable damage the the neighborhood :rolleyes:

These people can't see past today.

jc5680

Mar 5, 2020, 3:55 PM

I forgot about this project--123 S Peoria was issued it's foundation permit yesterday …:

I was going to comment that there was construction fencing up already, but the street view images have that covered.

Hopefully the development does a better job of addressing Green St and doesn't treat as a glorified alley like Illume does.

--

345 Morgan has soil testing going on this morning

http://www.j-carlson.com/share/345_mar5.jpg

the urban politician

Mar 5, 2020, 9:02 PM

Has anybody noticed that the “checks cashed” building a few blocks west of One Chicago on Chicago Ave has new retail “For Lease” signs?

I believe that building was going to be redeveloped into a micro-apartment building. Bummer if that plan was put on the back burner

SolarWind

Mar 9, 2020, 3:58 AM

March 2, 2020

https://imgur.com/ssYdg6H.jpg

SolarWind

Mar 9, 2020, 3:59 AM

September 18, 2019

https://imgur.com/dNCgNqS.jpg

March 2, 2020

https://imgur.com/86FxCSJ.jpg

https://imgur.com/lTXhY0I.jpg

SolarWind

Mar 9, 2020, 4:04 AM

March 6, 2020

https://imgur.com/HHOXmqI.jpg

https://imgur.com/EPFXJYO.jpg

https://peoriagreen.com

SolarWind

Mar 9, 2020, 4:16 AM

March 6, 2020

https://imgur.com/T9k3A2v.jpg

https://imgur.com/H8qIq2Y.jpg

https://imgur.com/HOVuWIz.jpg

This one is complete, but I haven't been past it in a while.

SolarWind

Mar 9, 2020, 4:22 AM

March 6, 2020

https://imgur.com/YleDqP6.jpg

https://imgur.com/BAe5oLj.jpg

https://imgur.com/WC9tKRm.jpg

https://imgur.com/0uh4coW.jpg

https://imgur.com/CszhvVk.jpg

https://imgur.com/sxCLmLP.jpg

https://imgur.com/AHj1L09.jpg

https://imgur.com/FJ5PhRv.jpg

https://www.rushu.rush.edu/news/rush-breaks-ground-450-million-state-art-cancer-and-neurosciences-center
https://www.niaarch.com/project/rush-ambulatory-care/

harryc

Mar 9, 2020, 3:14 PM

March 3

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49639255848_d068817a07_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCsamL)Chicago | 318 N Carpenter (https://flic.kr/p/2iCsamL) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

March 6

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49640053427_f9a8d70df1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCwfs8)Chicago | 318 N Carpenter (https://flic.kr/p/2iCwfs8) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49639254323_bbed482eb9_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCs9Ut)Chicago | 318 N Carpenter (https://flic.kr/p/2iCs9Ut) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49639253798_ea5a8b5862_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCs9Kq)Chicago | 318 N Carpenter (https://flic.kr/p/2iCs9Kq) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

OhioGuy

Mar 9, 2020, 4:44 PM

Five-Story TOD Planned For Parking Lot Behind Uptown Theatre (https://www.uptownupdate.com/2020/03/five-story-tod-planned-for-parking-lot.html)

A developer purchased the parking lot last year for $3.4M and JAB Realty plans to build a five-story transit-oriented development (TOD) with a total of 54 residential units (majority of one bedrooms) and retail on the ground floor. According to the 47th ward office, the retail space will be mostly used as offices for JAB Realty. The lot is zoned B3-3, so it appears that JAB Realty plans to build slightly smaller than would be allowed by existing zoning. Because they are building within the current zoning, they will not need any approval from Ald. Martin.

Construction signage is already up announcing
I & M Construction as the general contractor of the development. Expect to hear the pitter-patter of construction soon as the project has navigated most of the city's building permit hoops.

Handro

Mar 9, 2020, 5:08 PM

Five-Story TOD Planned For Parking Lot Behind Uptown Theatre (https://www.uptownupdate.com/2020/03/five-story-tod-planned-for-parking-lot.html)

Huge! That lot stands out like sore thumb and this is a prime location. Between this and the Winthrop apartment building on the other side of the Lawrence stop, good things happening up there. Hopefully the economy can hold on from bottoming out and we can push more of these through..

Busy Bee

Mar 9, 2020, 6:12 PM

Because I have to be the guy: shoulda been more like 10 stories... Just sayin...

sentinel

Mar 9, 2020, 8:42 PM

The $200 million Ogden Commons development broke ground today, according to Curbed.

As usual, they are cheap on providing images, but here's one from the RealDeal:

https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2018/11/15/habitat-company-okd-for-mixed-use-complex-at-former-west-side-public-housing-site/

https://s13.therealdeal.com/trd/ci/up/2018/11/DsEhtRcWoAYz1fm-650x345.jpg

SCB did master planning work for this, but unsure how much of their original design carried over to the final (cannot find a site plan of the final design), or if they're involved:

https://www.scb.com/project/ogden-avenue-corridor/

Spyguy, are you able to dig up anything additional?

SamInTheLoop

Mar 9, 2020, 11:40 PM

March 6, 2020

https://www.rushu.rush.edu/news/rush-breaks-ground-450-million-state-art-cancer-and-neurosciences-center
https://www.niaarch.com/project/rush-ambulatory-care/

Great updates. Anyone know what's with the excavation on the western side/western half? of the new Rush building? Parking's all above ground for the project, no?

harryc

Mar 10, 2020, 1:34 AM

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642346302_6c972dc647_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJ13s)Chicago | 905 W Fulton (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJ13s) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

harryc

Mar 10, 2020, 1:57 AM

March 6

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642400367_df8f1b8e40_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJh7B)Chicago | 1001 W FultonMarket (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJh7B) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642399987_26b40762bf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJh14)Chicago | 1001 W FultonMarket (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJh14) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642126776_12b7c0da48_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCGSMw)Chicago | 1001 W FultonMarket (https://flic.kr/p/2iCGSMw) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

harryc

Mar 10, 2020, 2:15 AM

March 6

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642189086_1fb8e86bbd_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCHciQ)Chicago | 1040 W Fulton (https://flic.kr/p/2iCHciQ) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642462737_4faf540367_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJADX)Chicago | 1040 W Fulton (https://flic.kr/p/2iCJADX) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

harryc

Mar 10, 2020, 2:36 AM

March 6

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49642237236_c55e67f2bd_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCHrC1)Chicago | 1100 W Fulton (https://flic.kr/p/2iCHrC1) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49641715443_d7cc62a604_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iCELvz)Chicago | 1100 W Fulton (https://flic.kr/p/2iCELvz) by Harry Carmichael (https://www.flickr.com/photos/harryrcarmichael/), on Flickr

Steely Dan

Mar 10, 2020, 2:58 PM

sears tower discussion moved to the sears tower thread: https://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=153704&page=38

please continue there.

harryc

Mar 10, 2020, 7:15 PM

March 6

Love the minimalist interior, fear it will not be matched by minimalist pricing.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49644476993_6f7f416998_b.jpg

w.miles2000

Mar 10, 2020, 9:43 PM

What happen to the Tacos Bell they was suppose to be building on Garfield & Princeton in Englewood

Handro

Mar 11, 2020, 3:06 PM

I regularly check for chicago permit database for any interesting projects, but the best information I can get is an address and a very brief description. Is there a publicly accessible place to view the plans based on permit #?

Anyway, a foundation permit was issued for 808 N Wells yesterday!

BuildThemTaller

Mar 12, 2020, 1:19 PM

Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-bronzeville-medical-research-ryan-ori-20200312-higkp3xm3bg6zmfwswdbgm5j24-story.html)

A major Israeli hospital said it plans to open a high-tech medical research facility at the former Michael Reese Hospital site in Bronzeville.

The ARC Innovation Center, led by Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, is envisioned as the first of many life sciences tenants in a multibillion-dollar mixed-use development near McCormick Place. It has agreed to lease 20% to 25% of the space within a 500,000-square-foot building the project’s developers hope to begin constructing next year near 31st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Medical research would be a key aspect of a “healthy neighborhood of the future,” which could grow to 100 acres or more through a series of land acquisitions and could cost $6 billion to $7 billion to develop over the course of about 15 years, said Scott Goodman, founding principal of Farpoint Development.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/3uCorADvjhOGVZ6i4Z1IFR_SAlc=/800x472/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TBRVSUWESZDG7JV3YJFHXEK6FY.JPG

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/xgtM9aGV89KgIyInVGeA-4flmOE=/800x514/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DW3YCNCKMZGKLO5GQUFP23DP4U.JPG

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/5M52c0duqf79a3qcKDVATnwz0cE=/800x450/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GMEMKD34CRDV3OXO4GZ5WPNE7E.JPG

Handro

Mar 12, 2020, 2:29 PM

wow that is huge not just for that site but for the state of life sciences in Chicago. Seems like a lot of momentum in that arena....

CrazyCres

Mar 12, 2020, 3:47 PM

Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-bronzeville-medical-research-ryan-ori-20200312-higkp3xm3bg6zmfwswdbgm5j24-story.html)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/3uCorADvjhOGVZ6i4Z1IFR_SAlc=/800x472/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TBRVSUWESZDG7JV3YJFHXEK6FY.JPG

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/xgtM9aGV89KgIyInVGeA-4flmOE=/800x514/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DW3YCNCKMZGKLO5GQUFP23DP4U.JPG

https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/5M52c0duqf79a3qcKDVATnwz0cE=/800x450/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GMEMKD34CRDV3OXO4GZ5WPNE7E.JPG

Let's go!

This site has tons of opportunity and this is just one piece of the many opportunities this area has to offer.

west-town-brad

Mar 12, 2020, 4:28 PM

Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune (https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-bronzeville-medical-research-ryan-ori-20200312-higkp3xm3bg6zmfwswdbgm5j24-story.html)

Looks nice but sad to see such low density. New construction in Bucktown has higher density and it's much farther from the Loop and Lakefront. Still better than a vacant lot.

BVictor1

Mar 12, 2020, 4:56 PM

Looks nice but sad to see such low density. New construction in Bucktown has higher density and it's much farther from the Loop and Lakefront. Still better than a vacant lot.

Early planning...

moorhosj1

Mar 12, 2020, 5:21 PM

Looks nice but sad to see such low density. New construction in Bucktown has higher density and it's much farther from the Loop and Lakefront. Still better than a vacant lot.

Bucktown isn't a life sciences hub, it is a residential neighborhood. This is an extension of downtown and will likely have more jobs than residents.

west-town-brad

Mar 12, 2020, 5:28 PM

Bucktown isn't a life sciences hub, it is a residential neighborhood. This is an extension of downtown and will likely have more jobs than residents.

"life science hubs" require low density?

Handro

Mar 12, 2020, 5:35 PM

"life science hubs" require low density?

I think the point is that it's less a living city block and more a campus. I agree I'd like to see more density but they aren't going to be shoehorning a lot of residential in here...

galleyfox

Mar 12, 2020, 6:36 PM

I think the point is that it's less a living city block and more a campus. I agree I'd like to see more density but they aren't going to be shoehorning a lot of residential in here...

Density should be fine as the development progresses. They've still got most of the truck marshalling lot to build at skyscraper density in the future, according to the Phase 1 plan.

https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/10/9/20905614/michael-reese-hospital-development-project-bronzeville-lakefront-plan

w.miles2000

Mar 13, 2020, 3:30 AM

What happen to the Tacos Bell they was suppose to be building on Garfield & Princeton in Englewood

aaron38

Mar 13, 2020, 4:03 AM

"life science hubs" require low density?

Given what's happening right now, space around an institution is a good thing.

Handro

Mar 13, 2020, 4:00 PM

I regularly check for chicago permit database for any interesting projects, but the best information I can get is an address and a very brief description. Is there a publicly accessible place to view plans based on permit #?

Anyway, a foundation permit was issued for 808 N Wells yesterday!

Anyone ^? very curious

BB 1871

Mar 13, 2020, 4:10 PM

https://webapps1.chicago.gov/buildingpermit/search/newsearch.do

marothisu

Mar 14, 2020, 12:43 PM

The planned 11 story new office building w/ground floor retail next to Ace Hotel which I believe is for the Google expansion got issued a building permit for the foundation and part of the super structure. Address is 345 N Morgan and Sterling Bay is the developer.

https://www.sterlingbay.com/property/345-north-morgan

Source: Block Club Chicago. Building on the RIGHT
https://blockclubchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/collage56.jpg?resize=1200,630

Currently a 1 story building with a small parking lot:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/345+N+Morgan+St,+Chicago,+IL+60607/@41.8878461,-87.6521887,3a,75y,16.75h,87.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPerM_PdTgHeq21-0Am-gXw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x880e2cd0e04800a1:0xbd60bf4ef4be7288!8m2!3d41.8882009!4d-87.6518676