New Skyscraper Will Steam Into Fulton River District
River North developer The Habitat Company has a happy feeling in its tummy today, after the Chicago City Council approved its newest project, a 33-story residential tower in the Fulton River District. December 2019 rendering of 344 North Canal 344 North Canal will bring 343 new market-rate apartments (really, you could’s squeeze in one more?) to the neighborhood in an SCB-designed skyscraper, plus 34 affordable housing units...
Skyscraper Poised to Erase Familiar Chicago Warehouse
If you spent Memorial Day Weekend in quarantine fretting about people in the park executing their God-given right to spread a deadly virus to strangers (“I’m fine...*hack*hack*hack*“), or wondering about the phlegm warriors hocking loogies onto the CTA Brown Line platform (Is there no Zyrtec in Ravenswood?), then you might have missed the news that the Chicago Plan Commission turned its thumb up to the plan to build...
Fulton River District Skyscraper Proposal Moves For Approval
A blow-out proposal for a residential skyscraper to replace the Cassidy Tire warehouse in Chicago’s Fulton River District is ready to roll into the Chicago Plan Commission. December 2019 rendering of 344 North Canal While many skyscraper development plans get deflated in high-pressure negotiations with retread politicians, shock — 344 North Canal is groovy, and has strutted from its December mounting to Thursday’s...
Fulton River District Skyscraper Surging Forward
The people behind 344 North Canal aren’t wasting any time. Just days after presenting a plan for the 33-story skyscraper to the public, The Habitat Company has already filed paperwork with the city so it can start construction. December 2019 diagram of 344 North Canal The SCB-designed tower plan is kitted out with 343 residences, 141 bicycle parking spaces, and 1,400 square feet of retail space. Address: 344 North Canal Street...
Habitat’s Skyscraper Forest Spreads to Fulton River District
The next Habitat/SCB residential skyscraper to adorn Chicago’s River North neighborhood won’t actually be in River North. It will be across the river in the Fulton River District. But you won’t need a 23andMe test to know this is one of the family. You can tell just by looking at it. December 2019 rendering of 344 North Canal That 344 North Canal looks so similar to other skyscrapers nearby should set off our...
33-Story Banquet Coming to the Fulton River District
What’s better than a State Street Thanksgiving parade stuffed with Jesse White Tumblers? How about a 33-story skyscraper stuffed into the Fulton River District? 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly went all Father Christmas on us Thanksgiving eve, letting the development cat out of his red velvet bag. November 2019 rendering of 344 North Canal (via the Office of Alderman Brendan Reilly) The pope’s nose at...
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