CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[r18tdi]

Looks like the Sinclair just added one of those smaller tripod cranes used to lower down the main tower crane.

[aaron38]

Since 110 S. Wacker is approved, it should be added to Page 1.

[sentinel]

Originally Posted by aaron38

Since 110 S. Wacker is approved, it should be added to Page 1.

Done.

[spyguy]

Originally Posted by XIII

Not a great pic, but bkl has a model for a new building at Michigan and South Water in the window. Looks to be about as tall as carbon and carbide with a Mila-like massing.

bKL makes sense with Magellan's apparent involvement.

http://wanxiangrealestate.com/portfolio/300-n-michigan-ave/

300 N. MICHIGAN AVE.
Redevelopment of a retail site into proposed residential tower; located near Chicago’s Millennium Park, Loop and Magnificent Mile.
PARTNER: Sterling Bay and Magellan Development Group

I hope they are a little more adventurous this time though. Mila is great and all, but earlier renderings were a bit more interesting than the final product.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by sentinel

Done.

Perhaps you could add the one to the proposals list, the one on NE corner of Wells/Erie, too, please? Pretty-please? With sugar on top? It is less than a month away from starting from all signs - parking lot has been shut down, billboards removed, soil testing was done, it requires no additional zoning changes and another developer in the neighborhood told me two weeks ago that it was going to start "in about a month."

http://www.antunovich.com/projects/91/huron-amp-wells

[sentinel]

^Included, thanks for the reminded.

If there are any other buildings that are not on the pg. 1 rundown, please pm me or any of the other mods to update and we will do so asap. We've had an embarrassment of riches the past few months, in terms of new/upcoming developments, and sometime it gets hard to keep up. Thanks to everyone for their continued input.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by sentinel

^Included, thanks for the reminded.

If there are any other buildings that are not on the pg. 1 rundown, please pm me or any of the other mods to update and we will do so asap. We've had an embarrassment of riches the past few months, in terms of new/upcoming developments, and sometime it gets hard to keep up. Thanks to everyone for their continued input.

Thank you!

[spyguy]

Along Erie, next to the Dana Hotel

163' tall, 178 rooms, ground floor restaurant

All of these buildings will be demolished:
https://goo.gl/maps/fSK2QG4UVKn

[IrishIllini]

Originally Posted by spyguy

Along Erie, next to the Dana Hotel

163' tall, 178 rooms, ground floor restaurant

All of these buildings will be demolished:
https://goo.gl/maps/fSK2QG4UVKn

I'd want to see more renderings of the new structure before demoing the existing buildings. Why not make an offer on the parcel at the SW corner of State/Huron? Currently a parking lot...

[FrankLloydWrong]

Spotted a soil testing rig at 801 W. Lake.



^Via Neighbors of West Loop.

[i_am_hydrogen]

Originally Posted by spyguy

Along Erie, next to the Dana Hotel

163' tall, 178 rooms, ground floor restaurant

All of these buildings will be demolished:
https://goo.gl/maps/fSK2QG4UVKn

That's so disappointing. Rowhomes are an endangered species in River North. It's almost a lost cause at this point.

[the urban politician]

^ We can be disappointed or we can just accept that the River North/Streeterville area will be Chicago's midtown Manhattan and just focus our preservation efforts elsewhere.

[i_am_hydrogen]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ We can be disappointed or we can just accept that the River North/Streeterville area will be Chicago's midtown Manhattan and just focus our preservation efforts elsewhere.

But you're comparing apples to oranges. Unlike River North and Streeterville, Midtown isn't plagued by these soul-killing parking podiums. So I don't find any consolation in your post.

[chicubs111]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

But you're comparing apples to oranges. Unlike River North and Streeterville, Midtown isn't plagued by these soul-killing parking podiums. So I don't find any consolation in your post.

Does anyone think Chicago will ever starting building underground parking like they do in NYC and abandon the podium setup with new buildings?...I mean cant understand why unless there is a significant cost in doing underground parking?

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

But you're comparing apples to oranges. Unlike River North and Streeterville, Midtown isn't plagued by these soul-killing parking podiums. So I don't find any consolation in your post.

Even with a podium, your typical River North high rise creates far more activity for the area than a 3-4 story historic brick building.

I think that in areas where highrises are economical and likely to be financed, we should all but give up any efforts to preserve historic buildings under 5 stories. They are a lost cause unless they are particularly noteworthy

[i_am_hydrogen]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Even with a podium, your typical River North high rise creates far more activity for the area than a 3-4 story historic brick building.

I think that in areas where highrises are economical and likely to be financed, we should all but give up any efforts to preserve historic buildings under 5 stories. They are a lost cause unless they are particularly noteworthy

I agree that trying to preserve rowhomes in River North is a fool's errand. But my point still stands that I would rather interact at street level with prewar buildings than the blank walls of many parking podiums in that area.

[10023]

Midtown Manhattan still manages to have a fair number of 19th century rowhouses to add interest at street level. The damn parking podiums in Chicago are destroying the city.

[k1052]

n/m

[chris08876]

Some CTBUH data; As of 3/19 for Chi-Town

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

I agree that trying to preserve rowhomes in River North is a fool's errand. But my point still stands that I would rather interact at street level with prewar buildings than the blank walls of many parking podiums in that area.

Nobody denies that. But this extension of the Dana Hotel doesn't appear to have a podium so it may not be too bad