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Originally Posted by Barrelfish
Tentatively, 140 N Ashland looks like it could be a big win all the way around.
I believe The Women's Treatment Center owns that building (they are a 501c3 and the property is listed as tax exempt). So hopefully they are getting a nice chunk of change they can use to build a shiny new building.
This also makes Union Park more of an anchor point to pull development further west down Randolph. With the Ashland stop right there, hopefully it can spur more restaurants etc. on the west end of Randolph. There's a few places like Kaiser Tiger, but most of the Randolph restaurant activity is still east of Morgan. |
the new building doesn't include much retail, just one small space at the corner of Ashland/Lake under the tracks. The rest of the ground floor is given over to amenity space, and a lot of it. I dunno why you need all that when there's a park with pool and fieldhouse directly across the street.
To be fair, the ground floor is at +5' to match the existing Mary Thompson Hospital building that is remaining, so it's not the most inviting for retail and accessibility is a challenge. The one space under the tracks may be the only spot where they can drop the floor to ground level.
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Originally Posted by marothisu
I'm sure the organization can open up in another decent location with the money they're getting from this.
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To be fair, it's hard to find a more transit-accessible location than this (2 L lines + the city's busiest bus corridor). It's a highly accessible facility for low-income people who are transit-dependent.