CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[bgsrand]

Drove through the WL yesterday and noticed a few things:
1. Demo of the 1 story existing bldg at Wash/Sangamon for the new Union West complex.
2. Fenced off parking lot across from the Hayden (old glassdoor bldg) has been torn up, and some equipment on site. What's going on here, the Sterling Bay hotel?

[SoLoop]

CMK purchased a parking lot and 2-story office building at 1401 and 1415 S Wabash from Columbia College in October 2017 for $6,500,000.

Per the Zoning Board's April 27 agenda, two buildings to be built:

• ten-story, retail and sixty-two dwelling unit building (twenty-four efficiency units and thirty-eight dwelling units)
• fifteen-story retail and one hundred ninety-nine residential units (sixty-eight efficiency units and one hundred thirty-one dwelling units)
• 88 parking spaces

[Randomguy34]

^ Great to see that former Columbia College sites are getting developed. I'm surprised the developer is opting for two buildings for the combined lots

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by SoLoop

Per the Zoning Board's April 27 agenda, two buildings to be built:

Nice.

[Cheap_Shot]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Not really out of nowhere. Someone reported soil sample truck there a few months ago and I dug up the pending building permit for it which indicated it would be issued soonish at the time

[rlw777]

Originally Posted by SoLoop

CMK purchased a parking lot and 2-story office building at 1401 and 1415 S Wabash from Columbia College in October 2017 for $6,500,000.

Per the Zoning Board's April 27 agenda, two buildings to be built:

• ten-story, retail and sixty-two dwelling unit building (twenty-four efficiency units and thirty-eight dwelling units)
• fifteen-story retail and one hundred ninety-nine residential units (sixty-eight efficiency units and one hundred thirty-one dwelling units)
• 88 parking spaces

I assume this will be similar to their previous development at 1345 S Wabash and 1333 S Wabash

[ChiHi]

Originally Posted by SoLoop

CMK purchased a parking lot and 2-story office building at 1401 and 1415 S Wabash from Columbia College in October 2017 for $6,500,000.

Per the Zoning Board's April 27 agenda, two buildings to be built:

• ten-story, retail and sixty-two dwelling unit building (twenty-four efficiency units and thirty-eight dwelling units)
• fifteen-story retail and one hundred ninety-nine residential units (sixty-eight efficiency units and one hundred thirty-one dwelling units)
• 88 parking spaces

I'm really excited for the added density to the area but I'd be more excited for the retail space it there wasn't about a 90% chance it was going to be filled by another gym and nail salon.

[spyguy]

Ugh, that Toyoko Inn design was a real clunker. Oh well, hopefully the Union Station redevelopment happens sooner rather than later.

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Apparently developers scored financing for this building (Milieu?) so I anticipate construction starting soon

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by spyguy

Apparently developers scored financing for this building (Milieu?) so I anticipate construction starting soon

Pretty good infill for the skyline to grow west. How long do y'all think it will before there is a continuous West Loop skyline from the river to Morgan St?

[Fvn]

I didn't realize it was so close to Union Station damn... yea I really hope the design doesn't turn out like the buildings I see when I Google Toyoko Inn... that block could use some contrast via a glass facade or something

[the urban politician]

^ Is Milieu the same project that entails 3 different sites, or am I confusing this with something else?

[left of center]

Originally Posted by Fvn

I didn't realize it was so close to Union Station damn... yea I really hope the design doesn't turn out like the buildings I see when I Google Toyoko Inn... that block could use some contrast via a glass facade or something

It's not an overly exciting design:

Source: chicago.curbed.com

But then again, it is squeezing itself on a crazy irregular shaped block with a small sliver of street frontage, so its understandable that they wont be spending big bucks on a top notch design. But I do agree, glass would be nice, and offer some interesting contrast with the terra cotta beauty at 547 W Van Buren.

The fact that its replacing a parking lot is an added bonus.

Article on curbed from today about the construction permits:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/4/12/17228808/construction-toyoko-inn-hotel-clinton

[Randomguy34]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Is Milieu the same project that entails 3 different sites, or am I confusing this with something else?

^ That's Union West (#25 on the Curbed map). Milieu is #44 on the Curbed map.

https://chicago.curbed.com/maps/west-loop-construction-development

[Fvn]

Originally Posted by left of center

It's not an overly exciting design:

Source: chicago.curbed.com

But then again, it is squeezing itself on a crazy irregular shaped block with a small sliver of street frontage, so its understandable that they wont be spending big bucks on a top notch design. But I do agree, glass would be nice, and offer some interesting contrast with the terra cotta beauty at 547 W Van Buren.

The fact that its replacing a parking lot is an added bonus.

Article on curbed from today about the construction permits:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/4/12/17228808/construction-toyoko-inn-hotel-clinton

I'm just concerned its gonna be cheap facade panels like all of the other hotels in this brand, which I guess is better than a surface lot.

Case in point--
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/content/galle...%E8%A6%B3%EF%BC%88%E6%98%BC%EF%BC%89.JPG
Toyoko Inn - https://www.toyoko-inn.com/content/galle...%E8%A6%B3%EF%BC%88%E6%98%BC%EF%BC%89.JPG

[left of center]

^ It's probably going to be exactly that... even the color scheme seems on point

[10023]

Originally Posted by Fvn

I'm just concerned its gonna be cheap facade panels like all of the other hotels in this brand, which I guess is better than a surface lot.

Case in point--
https://www.toyoko-inn.com/content/galle...%E8%A6%B3%EF%BC%88%E6%98%BC%EF%BC%89.JPG
Toyoko Inn - https://www.toyoko-inn.com/content/galle...%E8%A6%B3%EF%BC%88%E6%98%BC%EF%BC%89.JPG

I disagree that this is better than a surface lot.

It’s actually much, much worse. A bigger, more prominent eyesore and harder to replace.

That is the type of building that the city should prevent being built through some sort of architectural review board. Hideous.

[marothisu]

Two bigger projects issued permits yesterday:

1) One building for Union West issued a permit at 939 W Washington (Washington & Sangamon). 15 stories with 358 units .

2) 810 W Wayman St (Wayman & ~ Halsted). AKA 333 N Green St. 19 story office building part of the larger Sterling Bay development.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by 10023

That is the type of building that the city should prevent being built through some sort of architectural review board. Hideous.

Screw that!

We don’t need another layer of bureaucracy stopping development in this city

[LouisVanDerWright]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Screw that!

We don’t need another layer of bureaucracy stopping development in this city

What do you mean? You don't think the Chicago Department of Arbitrary Aesthetic Approval (CDAAA) is ripe for abuse? Surely aldermen won't just use it to solicit bribes from developers in exchange for allowing heinous garbage to be built anyhow???

[KWillChicago]

When are we going to see the harry potter? Or is that going to be dead for awhile?