CHICAGO | Boom rundown - everything over 12 floors. v5 - Page 413

Chicago Shawn · #**8241** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 1:06 AM**

Chicago Shawn · #**8242** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 1:11 AM**

The Rush Hospital expansion is now under construction.

Flair Tower is now in site prep.

i_am_hydrogen · #**8243** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 1:14 AM**

Thanks for the great updates, Shawn. I'm always happy to see some shots of Old Orchard.

Chicago Shawn · #**8244** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 1:52 AM**

^Thanks, I am planning a major shoot of Old Orchard Woods once its done. I'll need to wait for a nice clear day with optimal lighting.

215 West Washington 07-29-2008...

spyguy · #**8245** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 9:32 PM**

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=2166

Chicago: Mondrian Hotel, 1118 N. State St., 216-room boutique hotel, September 2008, $20 million.

Chicago: Grand Imperial Hotel, 2014-2126 S. Clark St, 175-room hotel, May 2009, $50 million.

Chicago: Congress Plaza Hotel Expansion, 520 S. Michigan Ave., 5-floor hotel expansion, May 2009, $20 million.

BVictor1 · #**8246** Posted **Jul 30, 2008, 11:52 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by spyguy

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?id=2166

Chicago: Mondrian Hotel, 1118 N. State St., 216-room boutique hotel, September 2008, $20 million.

Chicago: Grand Imperial Hotel, 2014-2126 S. Clark St, 175-room hotel, May 2009, $50 million.

Chicago: Congress Plaza Hotel Expansion, 520 S. Michigan Ave., 5-floor hotel expansion, May 2009, $20 million.

Mondrian Hotel I suspect is the old Cedar Hotel.

I don't see how the Congress Plaza can expand seeing as they didn't get approval. they need to fix what they have before they expand.

Loopy · #**8247** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 12:17 AM**

^Crains gets their info from BidClerk which is notoriously inaccurate.

Jai · #**8248** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 7:58 AM**

I was told I should post these pics of mine here. Taken a week or so ago, when visiting friends back in Chitown:

I haven't been back to Chicago since the Trump Tower broke ground. It's shocking to see how far it's come along and the mark it makes on the skyline!

jpIllInoIs · #**8249** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 12:48 PM**

^ Yummy!!

Lecom · #**8250** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 5:08 PM**

Great shots, especially the last one. Beauty.

Nowhereman1280 · #**8251** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 6:02 PM**

Psh who needs central park? Lincoln Park is wayyyy better!

honte · #**8252** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 10:32 PM**

Jai, fantastic photography (and post processing, I presume?). Thanks for sharing with us.

gelu1123 · #**8253** Posted **Jul 31, 2008, 10:48 PM**

I love everything you are building at Chicago, frankly, I think that some day overtake the buildings in New York.
I hope that in 2009 choose to Chicago to host the Olympic Games of 2016 to build many more projects as happened in Beijing

jjk1103 · #**8254** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 1:42 AM**

..........I know this is a touchy subject.......but it seems that page 1 of this forum never seems to change......the "site prep" buildings haven't moved in ages, and some of the "proposed" items seem to be more like "wishful thinking" at this point........I think some judicious pruning of page 1 is probably in order given the current state of the real estate market in Chicago......

jcchii · #**8255** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 3:29 AM**

sounds like we have a volunteer

Jai · #**8256** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 4:17 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by honte

Jai, fantastic photography (and post processing, I presume?). Thanks for sharing with us.

Hi, thanks man, and all of you who commented

The only post processing I do is in the use of HDR photographic techniques. I tend to look at 'photoshopping' pictures to enchance color or contrast as 'cheating', so I try to use HDR to make it a more natural (i.e. as how my own eyes actually saw it) range of color and shadow.

The trick is, and this took me forever to learn, how to best use exposure and aperture settings on your camera. I use a K10d, btw

Cheers

i_am_hydrogen · #**8257** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 12:41 PM**

Quote:

Lakeshore East project lifts Magellan to top

By Susan Diesenhouse | Chicago Tribune reporter
August 1, 2008

In this new feature, we turn the spotlight on builders and developers in the Chicago area to give you insight on what sets them apart from the crowd.

A great location, moderate prices for a luxury product and a quick sellout has been the formula for developing Lakeshore East, an enormous project that has catapulted Magellan Development Group LLC into the top tier of Chicago developers...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-magellan-builder_chomes_0801aug01,0,3137964.story

aic4ever · #**8258** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 12:54 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by BVictor1

Mondrian Hotel I suspect is the old Cedar Hotel.

I don't see how the Congress Plaza can expand seeing as they didn't get approval. they need to fix what they have before they expand.

Mondrian is indeed the old Cedar. And that $20 million figure related to it is a joke. Probably going to be three or four times that.

simcityaustin · #**8259** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 12:57 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjk1103

..........I know this is a touchy subject.......but it seems that page 1 of this forum never seems to change......the "site prep" buildings haven't moved in ages, and some of the "proposed" items seem to be more like "wishful thinking" at this point........I think some judicious pruning of page 1 is probably in order given the current state of the real estate market in Chicago......

Tom In Chicago is working on a new boom rundown thread, so I would just sit tight. I think it's coming soon. Maybe someone (with more knowledge than me) could post all the changes necessary to help him out. (if he needs that, I dunno)

Also, I suggested some ideas for the new thread, and he is very receptive and looking for ways to improve upon the thread, so if you have ideas PM him.

Tom In Chicago · #**8260** Posted **Aug 1, 2008, 4:48 PM**

Yeah. . . sit tight. . . worked on this a little bit earlier today. . . been pretty busy lately and as Steely can tell you it's pretty time consuming to keep up. . . in the meantime feel free to PM me any updates or glaring omissions you feel are necessary. . .