CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 652

Skyguy_7 · #**13021** Posted **Nov 18, 2018, 10:48 PM**

^ Ypu must be referring to Madigan & Friends Soil Boring and Tax Appeal Company.

Thanks for the Mandarin tip Sam. Good to hear about some action down there.

Busy Bee · #**13022** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 3:36 AM**

Found this in a google image search, anybody know what it is? I've never seen this image for the Michael Reese site before:

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Mister Uptempo · #**13023** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 4:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Found this in a google image search, anybody know what it is? I've never seen this image for the Michael Reese site before:

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Near as I can tell, it originated from HOK's 2014 proposal for the Obama Library, which would have been located on the Michael Reese site, and is nothing but an aspirational vision of what the site could eventually become.

HOK's annoucement here.

The presentation here. The image appears on pages 6 & 7 and 12 & 13.

Busy Bee · #**13024** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 4:48 AM**

^That makes sense, thanks.

gebs · #**13025** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 4:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Found this in a google image search, anybody know what it is? I've never seen this image for the Michael Reese site before:

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Is this the Farpoint / Draper & Kramer / SOM master plan for a new mixed-use urban utopia? It was one of the many sites presented to Amazon.

https://chicago.curbed.com/2017/10/1...nham-lakefront

Busy Bee · #**13026** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 4:43 PM**

^^^

You're referring to the Lake Meadows redev proposal here: (linking to yochicago 'cause you know why)

http://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/847/271847.jpg

lakeshoredrive · #**13027** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 5:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

^^^

You're referring to the Lake Meadows redev proposal here: (linking to yochicago 'cause you know why)

http://i.yochicago.com/images/hpmain/847/271847.jpg

Wow! would be incredible if built

aaron38 · #**13028** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 10:40 PM**

What’s planned at Milwaukee, Grand, Halsted and Hubbard? Was there with the family for a photo shoot and heard their lease ends in August. Owner sold the building and it’s being torn down for a high rise. I assume that means the whole block as it’s not really big enough for two towers (that don’t share a podium).

ardecila · #**13029** Posted **Nov 19, 2018, 11:29 PM**

^ The zoning there is manufacturing, if somebody's planning a highrise they will have to get a zoning change and we will hear about it.

Of course, for some people a 3-story building is a "highrise" so

k1052 · #**13030** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 12:04 AM**

I've been wondering how long that wedge would hold out with all the activity in the area.

BonoboZill4 · #**13031** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 1:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by ardecila

^ The zoning there is manufacturing, if somebody's planning a highrise they will have to get a zoning change and we will hear about it.

Of course, for some people a 3-story building is a "highrise" so

Probably will be pretty easy to get it rezoned though in this day and age, no?

marothisu · #**13032** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 2:57 AM**

I seem to remember a high rise (not super big, but a high rise) with a zoning app in that area in what I thought was a really weird lot next to the tracks. Give me a little bit to dig it up..

EDIT: It wasn't this parcel, was it?
https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+...!4d-87.6459082

aaron38 · #**13033** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 3:08 AM**

A little more sleuthing on that block. A developer is buying it up. Has a majority of the lots I hear. But there are some holdouts I won’t name publicly. Keep your ears open.

the urban politician · #**13034** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 3:13 AM**

My guess is that their initials are SB

marothisu · #**13035** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 4:47 AM**

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Originally Posted by aaron38

What’s planned at Milwaukee, Grand, Halsted and Hubbard? Was there with the family for a photo shoot and heard their lease ends in August. Owner sold the building and it’s being torn down for a high rise. I assume that means the whole block as it’s not really big enough for two towers (that don’t share a podium).

Which building(s) exactly are you talking about?

ardecila · #**13036** Posted **Nov 20, 2018, 4:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by BonoboZill4

Probably will be pretty easy to get it rezoned though in this day and age, no?

Possibly, but it won’t be a secret is my point. There will be Block Club articles, Burnett will hold a meeting, the neighbors will predictably whine, etc.

Also, the best thing that can happen is if the developer is forced to work around holdouts instead of getting an entire block to plop a giant podium on. It would allow the block to evolve over time and we get a far more interesting streetscape. Now that I think about it, this is a TOD zone so parking isn’t a huge factor, the developers (rumored) insistence on buying the whole block suggests a plan for an office building with big floorplates instead of a residential building where the massing is more flexible.