113-Story Michigan Avenue Tower Refined, Not Chopped
If you were worried that the new super tall skyscraper planned for Chicago’s Magnificent Mile was going to be shortened — or worse, cancelled — you can unclench your buttcheeks; everything is fine. At a public meeting tonight, Los Angeles developer CIM Group and Streeterville’s Golub showed an anxious crowd a revised vision for Tribune Tower East, which they want to put up in what used to be a parking lot behind the...
Long-Vacant Edgewater Lot Gets Yet Another Building Plan
5440 North Sheridan isn’t a bad lot. But since that motel got knocked down years ago nothing seems to click there. Edgeville Buzz says the location has been empty for at least a decade. And we’ve tracked at least three proposals for new residential buildings at that address — none of them have panned out. The latest proposal comes from Cedar Street Companies, the people behind the Flats residential brand. 5440 North...
1,400-Foot-Tall Michigan Avenue Skyscraper Plan “Significantly Revised”
The immense new residential skyscraper planned for the former parking lot behind the building that used to house the Chicago Tribune has been updated. The plan for Tribune Tower East has been “significantly revised” according to 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly’s recent e-mail to his constituents. Now he’s scheduled a public meeting to go over what changes have been made. April 2018 rendering of the proposed...
Newberry Library Getting a 34-Story Bookend
For the last 16 years, we’ve gloated every time a surface parking lot was erased from downtown Chicago. Now it looks like a parking garage is about to meet that Great Urban Planner in the Sky, and we’re not sure how to feel about it. October 2019 rendering of 40 West Oak Street The garage in question serves the Warren Barr Pavilion, the mostly anonymous nursing home with the tony address of 66 West Oak Street in...
Fulton Market “Technology Center” Moving Forward
Plans for a new building in Chicago’s Fulton Market District have been filed with the city. The so-called “City Technology Center” is planned for 1101 West Carroll Avenue. That’s a half-block north of Fulton Market, bounded by North May Avenue on the west, and North Aberdeen on the east. Diagram of 1101 West Carroll Avenue The project calls for a new 18-story office and hotel building with a...
Two Charities Propose New West Side High School Campus
The newest high school in Chicago may land in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood. That’s where Chicago Hope Academy hopes to move its operations, and establish an athletic campus for its students, and the community. Also involved in the project is the Chicago Lions Charitable Association, which says it, “fosters and promotes rugby sports competition more broadly among the general populations.” The location of...
Get the Crowbar: New Hotel Skyscraper to be Wedged into River North
The River North skyscraper frenzy of a few years ago has cooled off a bit, but there’s still some spicy meatballs in the development pipeline. Diagram of 808 North Cleveland (September 2019) A developer wants to put up a new 25-story tower at 808 North Cleveland Avenue. If you’re not sure exactly where that is, it’s on Chicago Avenue across the street from The Montgomery. Intriguingly, this isn’t another condo...
No More Condos, New North Building Has a New Plan: Airbnb-Style Hotel
If you were worried that you wouldn’t be able to afford to lay your head in the swishy new luxury condominium building planned for 61 West Erie Street, there’s good news. You may be able to pay by the day. September 2019 rendering of 61 West Erie. (via the Office of Alderman Brendan Reilly.) According to 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly, LG Development has ditched its plan to put up a 12-story residential block, and is...
A Close Look at the Demolition of the Tribune Tower
We really don’t know how to feel about this. Streeterville Spy Joel sent in the photographs on this page showing the demolition happening at the once and future Tribune Tower. September 2019 Tribune Tower renovation (Courtesy of Streeterville Spy Joel.) You can see all kinds of work being done. Walls are being torn down, balconies are being put up, and there’s a tailings pile from some presumably tracked machine...
Gold Coast Bookstore: 1, Real Estate Developers: 0
If you’re itching to use that new Moleskine notebook you got at the back-to-school sale to make a list of things that will never happen, you can jot this down: A 39-story building at 1130 North State Street. That’s where a real estate developer wanted to put up an apartment tower, replacing 50% of the remaining Barnes & Noble book stores in Chicago. April 2019 rendering of 1130 North State Street The building was...
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