^ SB does own other properties in the area, mostly sandwiched between Elston and the Kennedy (SiPi Metals, the building with the colossal tripod billboard, etc). These parcels are not included within the boundaries of the Lincoln Yards PD, so Sterling Bay will have to go back to the community to get zoning changes for those parcels. Or possibly they are just holding them to corner the market in this area so other developers don't leech off the new infrastructure right away. Eventually they will either sell or try to build something there, but they have plenty of buildings to fill within the PD.
I'm okay with General Iron not being parkland, especially if there is extensive parkland right across the river on the former 2FM site. For one, Sterling Bay doesn't own the General Iron site. But also, if this development is to function, it will require a good transit connection to downtown and the easiest way to do that is to use the old Chicago Terminal RR tracks... tracks which run right through the General Iron site. In my mind there's no reason a park can't coexist with buses or streetcars, but the community seems to feel differently...
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