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ardecila · #**33661** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 5:28 AM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Doesn anybody see a developer being bold enough to propose a TOD at Armitage and the Brown Line?

I'm sure there is some world class NIMBYism up there, but that area could really use a boost in density. So many deconversions and tear downs into mansions, yet a hip retail strip that could really thrive if a couple of midrise apartment projects went up

Not really possible. The Armitage and Halsted strips are a landmark district, you can't tear anything down. Off of those main streets, you have residential zoning (TODs can only be built in a B3/C3). Even if the zoning wasn't an obstacle, you'd still have issues assembling a decent site. It's all single lots under different ownership.

Any larger sites in this immediate area were developed long ago as townhouses or condos. The only large open site left is Lincoln Park HS' parking lot, which isn't for sale.

Skyguy_7 · #**33662** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 12:02 PM**

^^Great update Solar.

View from a little higher up. 6/8

OrdoSeclorum · #**33663** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 5:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

Checked out this site. All it is is NewGeography for libertarians that actually like to live in cities. Joel Kotkin and Co. have that schtick down for the suburban and auto-sewer set, and someone realized there's an opening in terms of a role to be filled by a similar shill on the same general ideological side but without all the very thinly-veiled urban-loathing.

Very 'fake intellectual' stuff, ie the type of content and 'research' and so forth that typically appeals to libertarians and freemarketeer/free-market fundamentalist types......

There's no 'there' there.....moving right along......

I am a legit Joel Kotkin hater but you're overgeneralizing here. I've read Market Urbanism quite a bit and also check into his twitter feed. He's not a crank and produces thought provoking, often obviously correct, content. I think he would rather be right than provocative, but he has his hobby horses. He should be welcomed anywhere where serious urban discussion is going on.

Market Urbanism · #**33664** Posted **Jun 10, 2016, 6:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by OrdoSeclorum

I am a legit Joel Kotkin hater but you're overgeneralizing here. I've read Market Urbanism quite a bit and also check into his twitter feed. He's not a crank and produces thought provoking, often obviously correct, content. I think he would rather be right than provocative, but he has his hobby horses. He should be welcomed anywhere where serious urban discussion is going on.

Thanks for saying that. Just to be clear, there are more authors than just me, and Stephen Smith does most of the tweeting. (I didn't write the Houston piece, either, but I'm not going to debate the good and bad of Houston here. We have written plenty about the bad policies in Houston, and I'd be happy to discuss it in the proper venue.)

marothisu · #**33665** Posted **Jun 11, 2016, 3:13 PM**

Hope this is true.

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Owners To Break Ground On Nobu Hotel Project In West Loop This Month

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...oop-this-month

After years of planning, developers intend to break ground on the Nobu Hotel project this month, a representative confirmed.

The planned eight-story hotel at Peoria and Randolph streets will bring 83 new hotel rooms and a 10,000-square-foot restaurant and rooftop terrace to Randolph's restaurant row. The restaurant and hotel will break ground this month and open in 2017, a representative confirmed Friday.

ardecila · #**33666** Posted **Jun 11, 2016, 9:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

?? A bridge crosses water. This sounds like a ramp. I can't picture where this bridge is going to go, why it's better than ramps/stairs, and how it's not going to muck up views of the confluence from upper Wacker.

It is a ramp. Earlier designs called for some kind of dramatic cable-stayed design (vague sketchup rendering concept), but now the ramp will be pretty utilitarian and most of the land in this area set aside for "programming".

It's my guess that the plans for Franklin-Lake were kept deliberately vague for a long time, so that the design could be dumbed down in the event of cost overruns on the other sections. I asked Carol Ross-Barney about this section a few years ago and she basically punted on the question.

Now I'm betting the cost overruns have happened, and we're basically just getting a lawn with a ramp. I'm not sure if it will be sloped to create a grassy hillside, or flat to accommodate farmers' markets and such. Hopefully it is flat, and the city can invite a restaurant operator to come in and open a year-round establishment. The city took out a $100M loan to build this thing, that money has to be paid back and it's not gonna happen with a handful of May-September cafes. Apparently boat owners aren't willing to pay megabucks to tie up here either...

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marothisu · #**33667** Posted **Jun 12, 2016, 7:44 AM**

The Ronsley (676 N Kingsbury) was issued building permits on Friday.

SolarWind · #**33668** Posted **Jun 12, 2016, 4:23 PM**

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Niche 905 under construction to the left

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Randomguy34 · #**33675** Posted **Jun 12, 2016, 5:40 PM**

I found the floor plans for the project and it appears to be 5 floors with no parking, so this will be another TOD project for the area. I find it a little odd that then want to finish this project in 2017 when the Belmont Flyover is expected to start construction.
http://www.baumrealty.com/Content/Dy...20Flyer(1).pdf

ardecila · #**33676** Posted **Jun 12, 2016, 6:40 PM**

The flyover won't start until the north end of the station platform, about 150' north of Belmont.

It has no impact on this site, although the vacant land across Belmont will probably be used for construction staging.

harryc · #**33677** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 12:55 AM**

spyguy · #**33678** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 1:03 AM**

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Originally Posted by SolarWind

June 10, 2016

Hmm what's going on here?

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Across the street, this is possibly what might be in store:

Blah. I much prefer the existing buildings.

Crain's had an article about Mag Mile retail vacancies this week. Apparently Tourbillon is looking to leave - I guess their attempt to modernize their building by wrecking the first floor didn't go so well. More interestingly, Crate and Barrel might leave their landmark flagship store. I would hate to see that building go or be ruined like others along Michigan Avenue.

Also mentioned are the Apple and Garmin stores - which could get a drastic redo.

harryc · #**33679** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 2:48 AM**

emathias · #**33680** Posted **Jun 13, 2016, 4:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by HowardL

Yes, but that area is still solidly built up.

Ride (2) stops up to Diversey ... now we're cooking up some TOD possibilities.

Or that block NW of the Wellington station.

Or that strip mall between the Sedgwick Brown Line stop and the North/Clybourn Red Line stop. That's always seemed like it should be an awesome place for midrises or even a highrise or two, with unobstructed southern views and good transit access and just general great proximity to things. That it's wasted on a strip mall and 2-story medical building is shameful.

Or some of those blocks between the Addison and Irving Park stations.