CHICAGO: boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v4 - Page 59

vxt22 · #**1161** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 9:00 AM**

God, not Jahn or Gehry. ... more architects with reused and abused ideas. Get old fast. The best new designs going up by far are from Pickard or Pappageorge. SCB is overused and fail to produce anything interesting. Foster would be very intriguing.

BVictor1 · #**1162** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 1:24 PM**

150 East Ontario

Posted by richardsonhomebuyers in the SSC threads:

These pictures were taken a couple minutes ago. Looks like there is some demo work going on.

Sorry they are a little blurry

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I've heard that the developer will start to sell units in this building sometime this summer. There will also be a hotel on the lower floors. I also heard that demolition would begin in the near future, but this is sooner that I expected.

chicubs111 · #**1163** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 1:37 PM**

^ wow...that project has been on the drawing board forever...im suprised this summer he is going to wait to start to sell units...not like he didnt have enough time to prepare to do it this spring?

Frankie · #**1164** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 1:57 PM**

Does that mean that we can move 150 E Ontario to Site Prep/Demo? I don't know why but of always liked this proposal for some reason. But I really cannot be sure until we some better hi-def renderings instead of the watercolor rendering that we have now.

honte · #**1165** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 2:38 PM**

Great, more demolitions without any secure knowledge that the deal will go through. I wonder if this is going to be some of the backlash from the Farwell deal?

aaron38 · #**1166** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 2:51 PM**

I've always liked 150 E. Ontario for the way the base integrates into the streetwall. It looks like it should add to the urban fabric.

But I liked it a lot better when I went down Erie by mistake and thought it would be replacing that white Amercian Express two-story at 150 E. Erie. Once I realized what it would be replacing, my enthusiasm waned a bit.

chicubs111 · #**1167** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 3:39 PM**

Yes..i always liked this building too for some reason...it almost seems like a new york style apartment/condo tower type instead of a typical chicago type..it seems like it will really add a nice element to that area.

spyguy · #**1168** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by vxt22

The best new designs going up by far are from ... Pappageorge.

You're joking, right?

Jahn may reuse a lot of ideas, but his buildings always have solid designs and use good materials.

VivaLFuego · #**1169** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 4:36 PM**

I can't believe they're granting the demo permits when it's anyone's guess if the tower will actually get built. Atrocious.

spyguy · #**1170** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 4:55 PM**

Edward Lifson reports that the board of trustees has approved a $7+ million restoration of 860-880 Lake Shore Drive.

honte · #**1171** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 5:36 PM**

^ Well, that is great news. Thanks for posting this.

I wonder how much work there is to be done over there? It looks to me like it's in pretty good shape, from the outside. This is a good thing, because $7M doesn't go too far in today's world...

SamInTheLoop · #**1172** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 6:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

150 East Ontario

Posted by richardsonhomebuyers in the SSC threads:

These pictures were taken a couple minutes ago. Looks like there is some demo work going on.

I've heard that the developer will start to sell units in this building sometime this summer. There will also be a hotel on the lower floors. I also heard that demolition would begin in the near future, but this is sooner that I expected.

I don't know - I have a feeling the market might not respond too favorably to this one - I'm not certain about this developer's level of experience either, which certainly won't help it in the current environment - with the market slower and highly competetive, developers with a consistently strong track record have a solid advantage in getting projects off the ground. Although I may be slightly biased against this one going forward, because frankly I was never a fan of the design. Also there are many other proposals in the Streeterville area that imo are so much better designed, I wouldn't want this one to capture any sales that could go to other nearby more deserving developments...

chicubs111 · #**1173** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 7:16 PM**

^ This building is going to have a hotel componet to it so that will make it a bit easier to get off the ground..also maybe they might change it to apartments to better suit the market...The developer actually missed the boat on this one..this building has been proposed back when waterview was being proposed...he would of been ahead of the game if this tower was underconstruction now.

alex1 · #**1174** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 8:36 PM**

the Westin hotel being built out in Lombard is the ugliest structure I've seen built in years. Got a close up of it yesterday and felt bad for that village.

Steely Dan · #**1175** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 9:03 PM**

the tower crane for the howard street station project up in evanston was erected sometime over the last two days.

BVictor1 · #**1176** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 9:35 PM**

I don't remember if I posted this or not, but I noticed a backhoe on the Hotel Dana site last week.

honte · #**1177** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 10:08 PM**

So long as we're all spilling our deepest secrets, there is evidence of recent soil borings at the CMK project in South Loop.

Sir Isaac Newton · #**1178** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 10:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by honte

So long as we're all spilling our deepest secrets, there is evidence of recent soil borings at the CMK project in South Loop.

235 West Van Buren?

denizen467 · #**1179** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 10:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by BVictor1

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I believe this one is the building that housed O'Neil's. The McCormick house is the one to the left, with the gabled roof partially visible.

honte · #**1180** Posted **Feb 25, 2007, 10:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Sir Isaac Newton

235 West Van Buren?

Yes, sorry, I should have been more clear. And I guess it's more "Loop South" than South Loop. Sorry.