City OK’s Wedging Another Hotel In Along the Chicago River
The Chicago River has always been a popular place to be. It’s where the city was born, commerce commenced, and unlike another major Midwestern city’s downtown river, it’s never spontaneously combusted. So with all the new riverwalk construction, and talk about making the river safer to be in and around (not that it’s ever lacked for boaters, fishermen, and involuntary swimmers), it’s not surprising that...
Developer Trying to Squeeze One More Hotel In Along the Chicago River
Think Chicago’s hotel boom is done booming? Think again. Mr. River North himself, Albert Freidman, held a community meeting last night to showcase his latest proposal: a 395 foot hotel at 330 North Clark Street, adjacent to his Reid Murdoch building. If constructed, the development will consist of 500 hotel rooms, 85,000 square feet of office space, and ground level retail. Most notably, Friedman’s proposal seeks to modify the Reid...
