South Loop Apartment Plan Back in the Cupboard with the Mothballs
If you were excited about the transformation of a South Loop surface parking lot into a pair of modest skyscrapers with a hotel and supermarket, you picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue. December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) In a memo to his constituents, 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly conveyed the news that the developer of 525 South Wabash Avenue, e-Terra+, has decided to pull its project...
South Loop Project Seeks Approval For Two Towers, Hotel, Grocery Store
The proposed $350 million mixed-use development at 525 South Wabash Street is headed to the Chicago Plan Commission this week. If approved, it would bring the South Loop a pair of mid-sized towers, sharing a podium with a supermarket inside. The project is on South Wabash between East Harrison Street and East Ida B. Wells Drive. December, 2020 rendering of 525 South Wabash (Courtesy of BKV Group) Since this project was first...
Rush Bringing Medical Facility to South Loop High Rise
In April of this year, plans were unveiled to replace the art moderne/brutalist National Letter Carriers Association building at 1411 South Michigan Avenue with a 15-story high rise. At the event, hosted by third ward Alderman Pat Dowell, developer Russland Capital Group detailed a plan that would see 199 residences built above a medical facility. We now know more about that medical facility. Rush University Medical Center has...
