Posted Aug 1, 2007, 6:11 PM
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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Looking to beef up apartments
REAL ESTATE | Near North renters might be getting ritzy room service
August 1, 2007
BY DAVID ROEDER [email protected]
In today's residential market, developers need to stand out from the crowd. James Letchinger, president of JDL Development Corp., might do that by chasing a unique customer base: renters who eat meat.
Especially those hungry for steaks at Gene & Georgetti's, 500 N. Franklin. Letchinger has a deal with the restaurant's owner, Tony Durpetti, to buy property on the block east of the restaurant and put up an apartment building. One amenity under consideration, he said, is letting the renters call Gene's for room service.......
More at link below, but I just had to post this interesting excerpt from the article:
Letchinger said negotiations with the community have brought about several design improvements to the apartment tower. He wouldn't get into specifics, but said groups have asked for a tall, lean design rather than something that sprawls over every available square foot.
http://www.suntimes.com/business/roeder/491488,CST-FIN-roeder01.article
PDNA, are you reading this?
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JDL Development does shitty buildings. They gave us the lovely Maple Tower on Dearborn Street.
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