FitzGerald
Remember 633 S. LaSalle? Turns out it will be one of the first US locations for The Collective, a London-based chain of co-living spaces. Small (250 sq ft) individual rooms with baths and kitchenettes, 381 in all, organized into suites like a dorm for young professionals. The Dept. of Buildings wants them to have short-term leases, rather than operate like an extended-stay hotel. Their London experience has been that not all residents are young; at their London Old Oak project, 15% of residents are over 35. Lots of amenities for residents, of course, and ground-floor lounge and cafe supposedly open to the public.
They say they're ready to build, but Ald. King (Motorists First Party-4th) has been holding up their grant of privilege in the public way (for two of their caisson bells) because they have no onsite parking.