Sterling Bay Not Putting All of Lincoln Yards’ Eggs In One Basket
Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards development is widely seen as one of the frontrunners if Amazon decides to build its second headquarters in Chicago. But now that northern Virginia is largely considered the leader in the race for HQ2, it’s a good thing the West Town real estate developer has other rabbits to pull out of its hat. One of those bunnies is a new agreement with Live Nation. The L.A. entertainment octopus is going...
West Town Development Frenzy Jumps the Tracks
Earlier this month we told you about Sterling Bay’s plan for a new office building at 360 North Green Street. Now the paperwork has officially been submitted to the City of Chicago. In one way, the location makes perfect sense, as it is an extension of the massive land rush transforming West Town into Chicagoland’s leading tech hub. (Would the last meat packer in the neighborhood please turn out the lights before going...
Sterling Bay Pencils in Three High Rises and a Movie Theater Near Fulton Market
Prolific downtown developer Sterling Bay has unveiled its plans for four parcels near the intersection of Fulton Market and Halsted Street. The outline, detailed at a public meeting Monday, includes three buildings at 19, 20, and 21 stories; plus a 40,000 square foot movie theater with stadium seating. This answers the lingering question “What’s going to happen to the old Coyne College property?” The Coyne building...
A New Stadium and Pro Team for Chicago?
Following up on all the ballyhoo surrounding every city in North America getting down on one knee begging Amazon.com to go to the prom, or at least locate its second headquarters in their town, the Chicago Tribune published an article titled “Amazon Stadium? Chicago developer hopes it’s the ticket to HQ2.” Inside that story was this bit of information from developer Sterling Bay, which is putting naming rights to a...
West Town Hotel Proposal Goes Under the Microscope
People who live in West Town will get a chance to sound off on a plan to build a 19-story hotel across the street from McDonald’s new corporate headquarters. The proposal from Sterling Bay will be vetted publicly at a meeting organized by 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. tonight at 6:00pm at Catalyst Ranch (656 West Randolph Street). The hotel was designed by the Loop’s Eckenhoff Saunders Architects. You may...
What 300 North Michigan May Look Like
Just ten days after the Chicago Tribune reported that a tower plan was in the works for the empty mixed-use building at the corner of North Michigan Avenue and East Wacker Place, a bell rang as someone dropped a set of potential renderings in our Tip Line. The Tip Line jingles surprisingly regularly with renderings claiming to be this unbuilt skyscraper, or that unannounced condo block. For the most part they’re student...
300 North Michigan Penciled in for a Tower — Again
An old commercial building in the NoMiSoRi (North Michigan South of the River — pronounced “No Misery”) micro-neighborhood is in play again. The former retail and office building that was most recently a Walgreens, but originally constructed as a warehouse, has been the subject of this kind of talk before. Especially after The John Buck Company and bKL Architecture took a nearly identical space a block south and turned it...
Could the 606’s Expansion Really Happen?
Projects come and projects go. That’s that nature of life in a big city, and the reason why we greet so many big projects with skepticism. There are certain content aggregators in town who immediately latch on to any e-mailed announcement and present it to their readers as if the project has merit, funding, and a chance in Hell of becoming reality. All it takes is a free blogging account sprinkled with buzzwords and pretty...
Office Building Planned for Former Christina Foods Location in Meatpacking District
Chicago’s Fulton-Randolph Market District continues its transformation from the domain of the gritty working-man to the territory of the latte-slurping hipster with the latest project to make better use of the land so close to the heart of the city. The latest step comes from West Town transformation engine Sterling Bay, which has filed paperwork with the city to start its new office building, on the southwest corner of Lake...
Big Names, High Hopes for Chicago Union Station Redevelopment
The redevelopment of Chicago Union Station and the surrounding properties continues to creep along like a Hiawatha Service train a stuck behind yet another Canadian National freight mess. The latest bit of news is that Amtrak has narrowed down the list of developers (well, developer groups) to just four. Not surprisingly, the developers are mostly deep-pocketed heavy hitters. But we’re additionally pleased by the high caliber...
