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Old Posted Oct 11, 2015, 9:27 PM
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^As per a Tribune article, the Trbune building is designated a landmark:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...008-story.html

Named a Chicago landmark in 1989, Tribune Tower itself would likely remain a centerpiece of any redevelopment.
Totally missed that when I read the article. Still, any developer would apply for landmark tax credits.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 1:34 AM
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Viva was saying that the office building has an issue of attracting tenants because of the lack of parking. If it was built 15 years ago (when transportation patterns were largely as they are now, i.e., super reliant on automobiles), it seems like that was a pretty big oversight. Now this proposed residential building is correcting that mistake by cramming a couple hundred extra spots into its base, creating a massive eyesore in the process. Had parking been taken into consideration when the office was built, we wouldn't have to deal with the uneven distribution and unsightly proposal before us.
I'm still not sure what your point is. If the developer had correctly anticipated the need for parking, then the office building would have had its own massive eyesore of a podium. The parking's got to go somewhere.

This new proposal is definitely an eyesore, but I'm willing to accept it because it's not on any major streets. It's a block off Milwaukee and a block off Lawrence at Ainslie and Lipps. This area was always going to be parking, loading, and service for the businesses along the main streets... I'm glad there is also a residential component that will bring serious density to this area as well.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 2:03 PM
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^As per a Tribune article, the Trbune building is designated a landmark:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...008-story.html

Named a Chicago landmark in 1989, Tribune Tower itself would likely remain a centerpiece of any redevelopment.
Yes, but only the main tower is landmarked. The earlier building to the east (with the Chicago Tribune sign), and the 1930s and 1940s additions to the north on Illinois are not included in the landmark designation. This gives a developer some flexibility to make modifications and/or remove portions of the existing buildings. However, if they go for historic tax credits, the State may consider portions of the other 3 buildings contributing fabric and be more strict about alterations.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 2:10 PM
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Halsted and Lake[/IMG]

Thanks for posting these.

This project has a shade of EnV (or at least that's what this early glass installation - which looks very nice btw, reminds me of ......), a tower I'm quite fond of......
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I believe CPS is considering the site across this development as the potential site for the new Near Northside College Prep (formerly called Barack Obama College prep). The students will certainly have something interesting to look outside their classroom when they're bored. They will get to see the Chicago Skyline evolve and grow, and then they'll see this thing... at least there is a park facing the river, that's gotta count as something.
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I'm having a hard time tracking the plan with the images. Is that actually parking right up against the corner of Halsted and Division?? If so, clever of them to no show it on the plan! This has to be stopped!
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 5:27 PM
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WTF that ship surrounded by a sea of parking must not pass. This is a suburban disaster.


These fuckers are mall developers






http://www.gkdevelopment.com/about

About: GK Development, Inc.

GK Development, Inc. is a commercial real estate firm based in Barrington, Illinois. Guided by an experienced and tightly knit management team, GK Development acquires, develops, owns and operates a diversified portfolio of commercial and retail property across the United States. GK Development specializes in identifying the potential in smaller, niche markets that are in robust trade areas. To ensure the feasibility of target properties, we maintain strict underwriting standards for our acquisitions, focusing on those properties that are the dominant retail draw within their trade area.








Just check out their properties. Im sure they are going to stuff in an applebees and olive garden in there too.....

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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 5:58 PM
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Halsted & Division

Woof.

Wasn't there a prior proposal for retail development at Halsted and Division. I vaguely remember that it incorporated the existing three-to-four story brick building along Division?

EDIT: This?

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...ors-mojo-south
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 6:00 PM
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The site plan gives no indication that the corner of Halsted and Division is even part of this project.

As for the diagonal, that's the Kingsbury Street ROW. It probably has to remain open for utility access. For years, I've been hoping it could become part of a cycling facility rather than get dithered away into townhouse common areas as has happened to the south of this site.
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mrw I saw this

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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 6:04 PM
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The site plan gives no indication that the corner of Halsted and Division is even part of this project.
That's why I was questioning it. The rendering shows landscaped parking all the way up to Division, but the programmatic layout doesn't show it as part of the project.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 6:51 PM
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Wow, that is just awful.
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 7:45 PM
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Tower crane is rising at 833 N Clark today. It's starting to look crowded out there!
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That strip of parking on the east is going to have a fabulous view of a ComEd substation. The site is better off as it is, staging area for tower cranes for real projects.

And They want to put three levels of parking above the huge, open, column free spaces of a theater? Are they nuts?

P.S., iPic is a real theater chain, not just placeholder advertising. Wonder if they're already signed on as a tenant?
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If they put parking up on the corer of division and halsted I am going to puke.

Have we not learned from these disasters!
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Old Posted Oct 12, 2015, 8:43 PM
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The permit for the Cedar hotel(soon to be Viceroy) has been issued.

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