CHICAGO | General Developments

[danielschell]

Renovation on The Ronsley in River North. Looking great, but I wish they could have kept the water tank.

http://wp.me/p7uLxw-1Sr

[tintinex]

I wen't to the LondonHouse hotel rooftop this past Saturday and took some pics with my phone of the Apple Store. I highly recommend going up there! the Rooftop is open for viewing only so you can just walk in there and don't even have to spend a cent.







And an extra pic because I love this one

[emathias]

676 N LaSalle posted neighborhood notice letters on my block today.

They state that interior demo begins this month, foundation work begins in April, main construction begins in July, and it'll be finished in October, 2018.

[r18tdi]

Just walked by the Moxy hotel at Lasalle and Grand, caissons stuff is happening.

[aaron38]

Studio Apartment Proposal Gets Panned By Wicker Group Wary Of 'Transients'
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2017...nt-wicker-park

Go read the article. This kind of crap has to stop. These groups have no right to demand that everyone else in the city live in housing that they personally approve of, or to price anyone they label as 'undesirable' out of their neighborhood.

That said, what are the odds that Ald. Hopkins caves to their pressure?

[Zerton]

Lincoln Park is full of studio apartment buildings and no one notices...

[the urban politician]

What these bumblefucks don't understand is that you really don't reduce density much with larger apartments. With three bedrooms you will just get 3 people sharing an apartment. Same with 2 bedrooms. All you have to do is charge a high enough rent and people will generally share.

But for sure roommates get on each other's nerves and some people would like their own place. Studios fulfill a demand without bringing an adverse demographic while hardly increasing density.

NIMBYs don't know what the hell they are talking about. I own many rentals in the city now and only about 8% are occupied by families (both in the same building in the North Park neighborhood way out of the "hip" areas of town). The other 92% are singles and childless couples rooming together. (I only have 1 apt that is less than a 2 bedroom).

[denizen467]

Originally Posted by denizen467

Panera actually is shrinking left and right in Chicago. They shuttered Diversey in the last couple years, and they just abandoned their Clybourn restaurant last month. Also along that stretch of Clybourn, Moe's just closed too, although I think most people won't miss that one.

Yeesh, when I made that post I didn't realize that the Smashburger across the street also had just closed down a couple days earlier. This is bigger damage than losing some run of the mill chain fast food place. (This isn't in DNA or Eater yet but according to Yelp the date was the 9th.)

The strip malls on mid-Clybourn have such turnover, if only they could be magically consolidated into 1, so the surplus could get redeveloped into something more urban.

[the urban politician]

I found this interesting:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...118-story.html

If UIC increases enrollment by 5k, that will definitely lead to more housing development and more gentrification in Pilsen

[ChiHi]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

I found this interesting:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...118-story.html

If UIC increases enrollment by 5k, that will definitely lead to more housing development and more gentrification in Pilsen

Pretty sure the Pilsen NIMBYs and Solis are on the brink of proposing the building of a wall around their neigborhood so nothing nice goes up. Helps with their Keep Pilsen Poor campaign.

[Near North Resident]

Originally Posted by denizen467

Yeesh, when I made that post I didn't realize that the Smashburger across the street also had just closed down a couple days earlier. This is bigger damage than losing some run of the mill chain fast food place. (This isn't in DNA or Eater yet but according to Yelp the date was the 9th.)

The strip malls on mid-Clybourn have such turnover, if only they could be magically consolidated into 1, so the surplus could get redeveloped into something more urban.

I was sad, when I went there a few weeks ago to find it closed for good I really liked smashburger, they are one of the only fast food burger places I liked!

[KWILLSKYLINE]

If anyone is on the westside can you take some pictures of United Center and Blackhawks practice facility?

[Steely Dan]

i moved all of the el chatter to the transit thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...01657&page=538

[marothisu]

Permit issued for the construction of the foundation for the new Gensler designed Hospital on the Rush Medical campus - 9 stories. Address is 1950 W Polk St (Polk & ~ Damen). Currently a little field (https://www.google.com/maps/place/19...753207!6m1!1e1)

http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/8/2/1...dical-district

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by Near North Resident

I was sad, when I went there a few weeks ago to find it closed for good I really liked smashburger, they are one of the only fast food burger places I liked!

Maybe its just me, but I never thought I wanted to go to Smashburger when I got a burgercrave. That's what FiveGuys is for.

[F1 Tommy]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Permit issued for the construction of the foundation for the new Gensler designed Hospital on the Rush Medical campus - 9 stories. Address is 1950 W Polk St (Polk & ~ Damen). Currently a little field (https://www.google.com/maps/place/19...753207!6m1!1e1)

http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/8/2/1...dical-district

That looks a lot like the University of Chicago North residence from one side.

[TimeAgain]

Originally Posted by marothisu

Permit issued for the construction of the foundation for the new Gensler designed Hospital on the Rush Medical campus - 9 stories. Address is 1950 W Polk St (Polk & ~ Damen). Currently a little field (https://www.google.com/maps/place/19...753207!6m1!1e1)

http://chicago.curbed.com/2016/8/2/1...dical-district

Just clarifying your post. This is the new outpatient center for Cook County Hospital, not the new outpatient center that will be built for Rush Hospital. That should be starting this year or next, as well, however.

[ardecila]

^ Yes, the apartment complex by Rush has already been cleared of all tenants and secured with fencing in preparation for demo.

I didn't realize Rush was going to clear the entire block for their outpatient center... they're moving their graduate housing to the old Malcolm X site at Jackson/Damen. The new outpatient center will put a giant parking garage on the Loomis end, which will totally wreck the character of Loomis. It's too bad, because that corner of Loomis and Congress is a good TOD spot. All the mature trees on that site will be brought down. Ugh. The only silver lining here is that we're likely to get some decent design, either from Perkins+Will or somebody else. Rush has the money to spend on good design...

[LouisVanDerWright]

^^^ They need to invest in good design so they can trash it in a couple of decades and replace it with a parking lot like all good hospitals do!

[deebirch]

Apple Store - January 22nd 2017