CHICAGO | General Developments

[SamInTheLoop]

Someone mentioned this previously as well, but I am almost in disbelief at how quickly this one went up.......perhaps it's me - having not been in the area in ages, and perspective skewed since it took so incredibly long (at least felt like) for the project to get started in the first place......but still, this has been one fast job!

[Jibba]

Originally Posted by Ned.B

^Speaking of Studio Dwell. This weekend I walked by their heavily butchered project on Broadway in Buena Park. It may not be finished yet, but some of the quality on that one, like the metal panels above the windows, is pretty horrid.

Let's hope this project fares better.

It looked, to me, like the developer scrapped the Dwell design altogether for the street-facing facade.

[Ned.B]

^I live in the area, and I feel it went up really fast. On February 27th they were still pouring the 3rd floor. 6 weeks later it is basically topped out. That's one floor per week.

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by ithakas

713 Milwaukee – the small lot on the NE corner of Milwaukee/Morgan, across from the Gonnella Baking site – is getting a 6-story Studio Dwell building.

Speaking of Gonnella, what the heck is going on over there? Are they waiting on permits or something?

[Ned.B]

Originally Posted by Jibba

It looked, to me, like the developer scrapped the Dwell design altogether for the street-facing facade.

The window arrangement and general design didn't actually change. It was just stripped of all features and materials that made it unique. Extreme value engineering at it's worst.

[Jibba]

Yeah, it looked like they kept the fenestration scheme (which has structural implications) and tossed all the extraneous materials.

[Randomguy34]

Besides 713 N Milwaukee, another TOD building proposed for the Milwaukee corridor. 1868 N Milwaukee is going to be 6 stories, 47 units, 21 parking stalls.


Source: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...t-infested-lot

[Near North Resident]

Over the weekend there was a HUGE Manitowoc crane at Clybourn & Division st, it dwarfed the whole lot! Wish I snapped a pic, but the weather was so bad, maybe someone else will see it

edit: its still there, was upright today and the thing has to be 300'+ feet tall! kinda wierd considering its only going to be a 6 story development IIRC

[ithakas]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Besides 713 N Milwaukee, another TOD building proposed for the Milwaukee corridor. 1868 N Milwaukee is going to be 6 stories, 47 units, 21 parking stalls.

Excellent – have been wondering about this stretch. Now the stretch between the 606 and Western is getting two sizable TOD projects, along with the stretch between Western and California. This should help activate the sleepy stretch of Milwaukee between Wicker Park and Logan Square.

Time to up capacity on the blue line!

[lu9]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

That simply needed to go. Now we just need to get rid of that awful strip mall with the Spin Cycle laundromat on Milwaukee Ave closer to North and Damen

Hahaha. I hear you. That spincycle's been gone for 2 or 3 years already. Replaced by a mighty 7 eleven and a Medical Office. Awful strip on what's becoming a great multi-use block.

[Jibba]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

Besides 713 N Milwaukee, another TOD building proposed for the Milwaukee corridor. 1868 N Milwaukee is going to be 6 stories, 47 units, 21 parking stalls.
Source: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...t-infested-lot

Nice to see something modern out of Axios.

[spyguy]

Enclave Bucktown - 2500 W Cortland
49 units

[deebirch]

Logan Square "L"

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by deebirch

That rambly Brutalist Chase is actually pretty cool.

[Near North Resident]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Interesting. I guess it's possible at a height of 6 stories. Small crane.

small? the thing is frickin huge!

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Near North Resident

small? the thing is frickin huge!

I was assuming, since the building is supposed to be 6 stories...unless it's another building or it has some super heavy pieces to move around?

[Near North Resident]

Originally Posted by marothisu

I was assuming, since the building is supposed to be 6 stories...unless it's another building or it has some super heavy pieces to move around?

I don't know but it appears to be comically oversized for the project, when its not in use they rest the boom on the ground and it literally takes up the whole lot! I saw them rise it up today and its gotta be 300' tall

[Near North Resident]

yea thats the one

ok maybe 250' tall but it just looks MASSIVE on the little pie shaped lot its in when you're up closer

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

That rambly Brutalist Chase is actually pretty cool.

Yeah, agreed. We give bank branches a lot of shit because the site planning sucks so hard (especially in the city) but occasionally they really invest in good modernist architecture. All the below are in Chicagoland.







and here's a very recent one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.0168...7i13312!8i6656

[BrandonJXN]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

That rambly Brutalist Chase is actually pretty cool.

I agree. L actually makes it look a whole lot better. It looks like it's a part of the building.