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Originally Posted by ORD2010
I'm pro changing some things up and adding more public amenities, however i hope it doesn't come at the cost of density and we end up with a suburban development with just 5-8 story buildings on stroads.
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I'm actually OK if the project gets less dense. 12 million square feet of mostly office at this location was never on. Even without the pandemic and WFH, I could see this development petering out as each new phase failed to deliver the public benefits and "authentic neighborhood feel" we were all promised. LY tenants/residents would have come to realize that this was indeed a pretty lousy spot for Chicago to build a second (third?) central business district.
There's no way in hell SB wants to relitigate their entitlements, but if they need extra handouts I think the public (including open space organizations and active transit advocates) should have some kind of seat at the table. I'd be perfectly happy with a 7 million-square-foot plan with less office, more residential, better infrastructure and additional publicly accessible amenities.
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