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Originally Posted by marothisu
Question: In what circumstances are deconversions of units in a building a good thing? For example, I know it lessens the density, but it also means that people are making more money. I noticed today there is a permit for a nice old building near Van Buren and California (2721 W Gladys) to go from 2 units to a SFH. It looks boarded up on Google Street View but it's a real nice building that kind of has the style of an old row home, but the space between it and the next building is like 2 feet.
I guess my question is - in not so great areas like this, are you guys OK with this type of unit deconversion personally?
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Originally Posted by BVictor1
It's not Brininstool and Lynch, it's bKL Architecture.
2 separate firms.
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Not really, bKl is just BL plus a third partner. They only had a two year partnership agreement and decided Kerwin was a doofus asshole (my words not theirs) so they "kicked him out" which technically meant forming an entirely new entity, but all the brains and employees were more or less unchanged. Brininstool is a real nice guy and an awesome architect. Him and Lynch were the only real brains behind bKL anyhow.
As a reminder this is what we have to look forward to on the Wacker side of this project:
chicago.curbed.com