CHICAGO | General Developments

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

Nothin says lovin like a project that flew in under the radar....

I posted about it this summer or early fall. The Real Deal had a story on it. For some reason, the address is 300 but it's actually 236-238

It's nice to see things like this though starting because most people had no idea it was coming.

[Rizzo]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Loopnet describes it as a "perfect place for a drive-thru franchise". Bunch of suburban minded dipwads. Luckily the owners are doing something far more fitting for the site.

Over the last couple years I’ve seen that driveway and lot with less cabs. Wonder if the owner was jacking up rent on the restaurant and the business stopped making sense. Seemed like a lot customer traffic was cabbies and it wasnt like I was seeing Uber’s and Lyfts parked around the place

[tjp]

Exciting news! Double Door is reopening in Uptown at Broadway and Wilson:

https://www.uptownupdate.com/2018/12...m-iwJoInhXsLQY

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by tjp

Exciting news! Double Door is reopening in Uptown at Broadway and Wilson:

https://www.uptownupdate.com/2018/12...m-iwJoInhXsLQY

That's awesome news for both the city and Uptown. Uptown entertainment will be even better with this and then the upcoming Uptown Theatre renovation and re-opening.

[the urban politician]

Damn! There was a fairly cheap 6 flat for sale in Uptown a few months ago and I passed it up

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Barrelfish

City is proposing to end some TIFs early. Any thoughts from this group? Some are noted as having finished their goals early, but others seemed to have failed or died out. The 5 are:

• Read Dunning
• Ravenswood
• Calumet/Cermak
• Weed/Fremont
• Drexel Boulevard

(Mods, sorry if this is the wrong thread - feel free to move)

This is pretty development-related, I'd argue it should stay.

Especially because it seems like a sacrificial lamb that Rahm is offering up to appease TIF critics, in order to get his desired new TIFs at Lincoln Yards, The 78 and Michael Reese site.

Of course, it will please nobody since it will return less than $20M to the general funds of CPS, City of Chicago, Park District, MWRD etc. A drop in the bucket for any of those agencies.

[jc5680]

Questionable brick painting update: they appear to be doing a two tone treatment that gives the appearance of lighter gray grout lines. Still paint, but the effect is nicer.

[SolarWind]

November 29, 2018

[SolarWind]

November 29, 2018

[BobbyChicago]

Here's a funny NIMBY story:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/12...ave-backfired/

Quick Summary:

• Developer bought an apartment building near the 606. Wanted to build addition to building to create 4 more units.
• Local community voted against proposal because they thought it would raise rents in existing units.
• Developer was actually going to keep current units and rents the same.
• Developer is now selling the building and people buying the building want to gut rehab the place.
• After gut rehab, rents in existing units will go up. And community won't have a say in it because it doesn't require a zoning change.

[west-town-brad]

Originally Posted by BobbyChicago

Here's a funny NIMBY story:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/12...ave-backfired/

Quick Summary:

• Developer bought an apartment building near the 606. Wanted to build addition to building to create 4 more units.
• Local community voted against proposal because they thought it would raise rents in existing units.
• Developer was actually going to keep current units and rents the same.
• Developer is now selling the building and people buying the building want to gut rehab the place.
• After gut rehab, rents in existing units will go up. And community won't have a say in it because it doesn't require a zoning change.

I love this story. Honestly why did the alderman defer to the "local community" in the first place? It's on him for turning his ward into luxury single family home land.

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ Good, there's too much new construction right now, I was concerned my rents might start to fall. Glad that these idiots are out there preventing rents from dropping. Meanwhile I'll keep buying existing buildings that require no zoning change and adding high end gut rehabbed units...


They are well underway constructing that 17 unit luxury condo building in Avondale that was seeking zoning change to allow lower MLA (not even asking for more FAR) so they could build 33 units, 30 market rate and 3 affordable. This is the one that switched back to 17 enormous luxury condos when the ARO was expanded meaning they would need 5 affordable and 28 market rate. So we are getting 17 luxury condos starting at 500k instead of 33 apartments to compete with my rents... That ARO expansion really increased the amount of affordable housing!

[k1052]

Originally Posted by BobbyChicago

Here's a funny NIMBY story:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/12...ave-backfired/

Quick Summary:

• Developer bought an apartment building near the 606. Wanted to build addition to building to create 4 more units.
• Local community voted against proposal because they thought it would raise rents in existing units.
• Developer was actually going to keep current units and rents the same.
• Developer is now selling the building and people buying the building want to gut rehab the place.
• After gut rehab, rents in existing units will go up. And community won't have a say in it because it doesn't require a zoning change.

I read this earlier and literally facepalmed.

[harryc]

Nov 26

Along LSD - between Odgen slip and the river.

[harryc]

Nov 29

[left of center]

Originally Posted by BobbyChicago

Here's a funny NIMBY story:

https://blockclubchicago.org/2018/12...ave-backfired/

Quick Summary:

• Developer bought an apartment building near the 606. Wanted to build addition to building to create 4 more units.
• Local community voted against proposal because they thought it would raise rents in existing units.
• Developer was actually going to keep current units and rents the same.
• Developer is now selling the building and people buying the building want to gut rehab the place.
• After gut rehab, rents in existing units will go up. And community won't have a say in it because it doesn't require a zoning change.

Just goes to show you how short sighted and uninformed these anti-gentrification policies are. They simply hasten the process these groups are attempting to stymie.

[SolarWind]

December 3, 2018

[ChickeNES]

Originally Posted by harryc

Nov 29

I'll say it again, this looks like the Walmart brand version of Gang's North Campus

[sentinel]

^Whatever, to each their own - I think it looks nice and is a welcome change from the pedestrian brutalism of my alma mater...I say 'pedestrian' because there are a LOT of beautiful brutalist buildings, even in Chicago...but the UIC campus doesn't include any.

Also, love the glazing on the new Columbia College Student Center - thanks SolarWind!

[Steely Dan]

Originally Posted by sentinel

there are a LOT of beautiful brutalist buildings, even in Chicago...but the UIC campus doesn't include any.

totally disagree.

university hall and the science & engineering offices are two of the finest works of brutalism to be found anywhere in chicago, IMO.