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Originally Posted by the urban politician
My money is on a new owner keeping the big box with a new tenant and running it as a taxpayer building. *
Ultimately a high rise will get built but I don’t see it happening for still a while
* Is this site too small for a “last mile” type building for Amazon?
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Yes way too small and too expensive. Amazon can get land in the DS districts just South of the Sears and just use the Lower Wacker warp tunnel to get anywhere in River North.
I'm totally OK with this staying a rancid big box location. Big sites like this are getting rare in River North. Having a few pickled for later use is ultimately beneficial for the city. This site is pretty much out of the way and already a pedestrian hell hole. May as well let demand pent up so we can get something taller or something with two towers instead of one.