CHICAGO | General Developments - Page 1821

danielschell · #**36401** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 2:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by BB 1871

East tower crane base in place on Carpenter towards Randolph St. Couldn't see if the other was in yet but, things are starting to go vertical

Thanks for the heads-up! Gave you a h/t in this: http://wp.me/p7uLxw-2lL

the urban politician · #**36402** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 2:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by TimeAgain

I don't think the new hotel has even been approved or started in any real sense. Hope I'm wrong, though.

Huh? Financing for the hotel was announced like a year ago. Why would they be delaying this?

TimeAgain · #**36403** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 2:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Huh? Financing for the hotel was announced like a year ago. Why would they be delaying this?

Might just be waiting for other stuff to get done. I have no inside info.

BB 1871 · #**36404** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 4:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by danielschell

Thanks for the heads-up! Gave you a h/t in this: http://wp.me/p7uLxw-2lL

My 1st tip of the hat. Cheers Schell!

ithakas · #**36405** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 8:36 PM**

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Board members of a West Loop condo association who have been suing to block a project going up next door are now themselves being sued, by a member who claims they're wasting the association's money on a dead issue.

The new lawsuit, filed by Dream Properties, which owns several of the commercial spaces in the Monroe Manor building, 841-849 W. Monroe St., alleges that board members are "placing their own individual interests ahead of those of the association" in pursuing legal action against the development one door south, at 111 S. Peoria.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...d-over-lawsuit

the urban politician · #**36406** Posted **Feb 17, 2017, 9:07 PM**

^ LOL, love it. What they deserve

BVictor1 · #**36407** Posted **Feb 18, 2017, 4:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by ithakas

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...d-over-lawsuit

I remember these bitchy ass people from the community meeting when the development alteration plans were released. Hopefully they become insolvent and have to go away.

Madigan: Lawmakers will consider Rauner's plan to sell the Thompson Center

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...217-story.html

SolarWind · #**36408** Posted **Feb 18, 2017, 5:19 PM**

February 16, 2017

danielschell · #**36409** Posted **Feb 18, 2017, 6:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by SolarWind

February 16, 2017

Was hoping to see NIMBYs standing on their balconies, screaming.

J_M_Tungsten · #**36410** Posted **Feb 19, 2017, 4:37 PM**

Wrigleyville developments

danielschell · #**36411** Posted **Feb 19, 2017, 4:56 PM**

Tower crane coming down this weekend at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

marothisu · #**36412** Posted **Feb 19, 2017, 4:57 PM**

4 E Elm is finally getting a retail/commercial tenant - La Colombe

spyguy · #**36413** Posted **Feb 19, 2017, 7:31 PM**

Looks much less like a parking garage, so a definite improvement.

harryc · #**36414** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 12:10 AM**

I take it this plan is dead - from 2013

Feb 6

the urban politician · #**36415** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 1:19 AM**

^ Thats the planned hotel. Good to see signs of movement on that

ardecila · #**36416** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 5:46 AM**

Ugh. The new Wilson/B'way reminds me of Booth Hansen's nice SAIC dorm at Randolph/State, but, you know, shittier.

It's a weird mix of Chicago School and generic office-park modernism.

Mikemak27 · #**36417** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 2:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by danielschell

Was hoping to see NIMBYs standing on their balconies, screaming.

Not sure if it has been posted already, but a retail owner in the building next door where the condo association is suing to stop construction, is now suing the condo board for wasting the associations money. They seek to claw back 90k and want to prevent them from spending up to 290k total.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...oreUserAgent=1

To go along with this issue, I can't wait for 1 S Halsted and Illume to be completed just so we can stop hearing about the complaint of "too tall" for the neighborhood. Praying that the H20 site and Haymarket site to be approved as proposed as well.

Busy Bee · #**36418** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 3:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

Ugh. The new Wilson/B'way reminds me of Booth Hansen's nice SAIC dorm at Randolph/State, but, you know, shittier.

It's a weird mix of Chicago School and generic office-park modernism.

They both seem meh to me, so stasis I suppose.

SamInTheLoop · #**36419** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 4:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Thats the planned hotel. Good to see signs of movement on that

Absolutely, this is great to see.....hopefully construction start follows shortly afterward. I just hope the final design here is not that apparently VE'd to hell version that surfaced in the last few months......

I suppose the hotel proposal that I'm most excited about to start next (after this one, assuming a start is just around the corner here) might be the Reid Murdoch tower, and then maybe following that, the Lakeshore East parcel O (who knows what's going on with that one?), and then the hotel/residential proposal that was approved for a parcel off of State or Wabash (can't remember which) just west of McCormick Place.....that would be very nice to continue creating some critical mass of activity and new development in the greater convention center/motor row area.....

LouisVanDerWright · #**36420** Posted **Feb 20, 2017, 6:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by SamInTheLoop

and then the hotel/residential proposal that was approved for a parcel off of State or Wabash (can't remember which) just west of McCormick Place.....that would be very nice to continue creating some critical mass of activity and new development in the greater convention center/motor row area.....

This one has already been under construction since about the beginning of the year.