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Originally Posted by ardecila
^ No way. The site is inaccessible without massive investment in infrastructure. It was also so polluted that only a very intensive development could offset the cost of the cleanup, so a low-density project was never an option.
SB had no choice but to plan big, and ask the city to help them on the infrastructure piece. The only feasible alternative would be more industrial/warehouses.
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Honestly, this is my biggest fear. I don't know if anyone can answer or knows what the entire area is zoned as, but I think in the
long, long term -- with the right investment to the surrounding infrastructure and investment into the area i.e. (such as the two sites SB has pitched at 2033 N Kingsbury Avenue, and 1840 N Marcey St).
I think another version of LY could happen, or at most, happen in stages from various development over time -- like the slow but on going developments we've seen near North & Clybourn. I just hope that you don't see more warehouses and big-box building get pitched in the area in the time being. Would be such a waste of land for what the area could be.