^ These two W Loop proposals give me hope.....Although I'm not totally sold on the first (I definitely like the 2nd) I have this fear that coming out of a deep recession - particularly one that really is hammering real estate generally - that when new proposals start to surface, developers revert to favoring more traditionally, timidly, poorly designed projects (Lagrange at the high-end, Loewenberg at the low-end and the full range of other hacks in between)...........in the late 90s and very early in the 2000s, as the building boom really began to ramp up, things were looking pretty bleak from my perspective in the state of high-rise design in Chicago.....certainly great strides have made over the last 3-4 years (granted there are still enough complete duds out there to somewhat temper my enthusiasm, especially with Lagrange as The Elysian, 10 E. Delaware and Ritz-Carton are simply nauseating additions to our cityscape). I realize it's very early days in terms of evaluating at new proposals, and where we are in the current real estate cycle (it will obviously be some time yet - at least a few years if not at least a few more than that - before we start to see the very first buildings begin to come out of the ground in the next cycle, but perhaps the above 2 provide a little encouragement?
Also, does anyone know if the 2nd proposal is by Jupiter Reality (215 W. Washington)?
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