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Originally Posted by spyguy
The Bridges - Division & Halsted
Retail & hotel development...
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I appreciate that they're at least building a bit higher than the last proposal for that site (although I can't say I see that as an ideal location for a hotel, and it seems a bit close to New City for another movie theater).
And I understand that the old Kingsbury ROW makes it difficult to really occupy the corner.
But still, this is disappointing.
I wonder if, in an ideal world, something could be cantilevered over the corner... I'm imagining the lot built out to it's edges, with a high ceilinged pedestrian arcade running up the old Kingsbury ROW. And on the 2nd floor, the theaters could actually by over the Kingsbury ROW, with a nice glassy lobby overlooking the corner to draw people in. Then you can have the theater roofs as amenity space while building any towers to their sides where you can be freer with column placement.