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SlatsGrobnik · #**601** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 1:05 PM**

Yep, this one hurts. Beautiful building and a great spot in the skyline. Ouch.

the urban politician · #**602** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 1:08 PM**

More sales for the Spire & Waldorf-Astoria, I say..

honte · #**603** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 3:16 PM**

^ Yep. Plenty of better designs and better developments for people to go to. And, we don't have to trade a great building for a decent one.

No disappointment or surprise here.

BVictor1 · #**604** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 4:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by honte

^ Yep. Plenty of better designs and better developments for people to go to. And, we don't have to trade a great building for a decent one.

No disappointment or surprise here.

We ain't going there again.

Besides the PD still stands, and it could happen in the next boom so there...

Alliance · #**605** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 11:04 PM**

Lost a decent tower here.

modkris · #**606** Posted **Mar 29, 2008, 11:16 PM**

Booooooooo!

jjk1103 · #**607** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 2:57 AM**

..we are very lucky that one of the buildings already under construction hasn't been scrapped......Las Vegas and Miami have both had buildings simply stopped part of the way up !

Dale · #**608** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 3:09 AM**

It seems to me that Related has really floundered, outside of South Florida, and they've gone into hiding down there now.

chicubs111 · #**609** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 11:36 AM**

I think everyone realizes that this was defienlty one of the best designes out there that wasnt a supertall

Alliance · #**610** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 1:38 PM**

The tower could have been really good if the right materials were used. I thought it was just a really refreshing design given the area.

honte · #**611** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 2:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by Alliance

The tower could have been really good if the right materials were used. I thought it was just a really refreshing design given the area.

I agree. I think the design made a lot of friends due to:

1) Appearance that they might use a high-quality facade on a residential building, which we have seen far too rarely.

2) Contrast with the junk in River North.

3) Height.

4) Somewhat unusual form.

That's certainly what made me like the design. However, I never really thought it was particularly innovative or exciting. The loss of the hole really made it drop in interest to me, and the pesky balconies ensured that it would never have the elegance of Trump Tower's curved facade.

Chicago Shawn · #**612** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 3:02 PM**

DAMN! This was a great project. What worries me is that we will see a shity replacement project when the market comes back, or with a switch in programing. A typical hotel would perform well here, given its a 1/2 block from Michigan and not far from the River North toursit trap stuff.

So, with Park Michigan this is two great buildings from the boom now dead, I suspect Mandarin will be third. Why cant crap like the Ritz Residences be weeded out and cancelled before we loose the good stuff? Go figure.

Chi649 · #**613** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 5:41 PM**

I am severly dissapointed as I loved this building

Chitown · #**614** Posted **Mar 30, 2008, 6:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by jjk1103

..we are very lucky that one of the buildings already under construction hasn't been scrapped......Las Vegas and Miami have both had buildings simply stopped part of the way up !

I'll count myself lucky if Chicago avoids that fate. At this point, a canceled proposal isn't too bad: tough times are coming. You just gotta hope that they come back when the market recovers.

That said, I'll be heartbroken if River Pointe is canceled!

ardecila · #**615** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 6:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dale

It seems to me that Related has really floundered, outside of South Florida, and they've gone into hiding down there now.

Coincidentally, I just drove past their HQ in Coral Gables on Thursday.

I didn't know it was the same "Related Companies" at the time, but I wondered if they were connected with the Related that was an active Chicago developer. Now I know, fwiw.

chicubs111 · #**616** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 12:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chicago Shawn

DAMN! This was a great project. What worries me is that we will see a shity replacement project when the market comes back, or with a switch in programing. A typical hotel would perform well here, given its a 1/2 block from Michigan and not far from the River North toursit trap stuff.

So, with Park Michigan this is two great buildings from the boom now dead, I suspect Mandarin will be third. Why cant crap like the Ritz Residences be weeded out and cancelled before we loose the good stuff? Go figure.

Actually the park michigan was not even ever approved or marketed so I would not even count that building at all...The mandarin differers from canyon ranch in that they have much more units sold than canyon ranch ever did.

Steely Dan · #**617** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 2:28 PM**

too bad. i really liked this one, but i'm not surprised to see it go. things are tightening in the market, only the best of the best or the cheapest of the cheapest are going to survive, and unfortunately for this project, it didn't fall into either category.

on the bright side. at least the modest little modern building currently on site wasn't senselessly ripped down to leave us with yet another surface parking lot.

Steely Dan · #**618** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 4:48 PM**

as this is now a dead proposal, i've appropriately moved this thread to the buildings & architecture forum, from where it will eventually be moved to the thread archive after the necessary period of mourning.

Alliance · #**619** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 5:20 PM**

*mourns*

aaron38 · #**620** Posted **Mar 31, 2008, 7:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

only the best of the best or the cheapest of the cheapest are going to survive

A real shame this one didn't make it, it would have looked great in the skyline.

And also a shame because it seems most booms have a structure of cheap-great-cheap. When this site gets developed in the next round, the odds are far greater that the proposal will be a cheap-ass Grand Plaza type from a developer just looking to cash in.

Well, everyone who was bemoaning the loss of the plaza gets a few more years to enjoy it.