CHICAGO | General Developments

[SolarWind]

September 18, 2018

[SolarWind]

September 18, 2018

[SolarWind]

September 19, 2018

[SolarWind]

September 19, 2018

[BonoboZill4]

I'm getting quite excited for this Art on the Mart

[harryc]

Aug 22

[harryc]

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Sept 17

[marothisu]

There was a building permit issued for a new 4 story building up at Estes & Clark in Rogers Park, a few blocks north of the Rogers Park Metra stop. Total of 54 units and ground floor retail. Site has been a vacant lot for at least a decade.

[harryc]

Sept 17

[the urban politician]

^ I love that this terminates a view corridor.

At least in the photo it creates a pleasant enclosure. Not sure how it looks in person, though...

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

Random non city center development question? Anyone know what that crazy tall warehouse structure they are building just West of I-39 on I-88 is? It's like 10 floors high clear ceiling. Totally crazy structure.

https://www.rejournals.com/construct...ility-20180917

Cold storage warehouse with automated racking system. It’s interesting how automated systems are making multi-story industrial viable again after decades of the industry favoring high-bay, single-story warehouses. The venerable forklift is now mostly obsolete.

So even in Rochelle, where there is unlimited farmland to sprawl industry into, a major user is choosing to do multi-story because the automated system is way faster and more productive in a three-dimensional space than a two dimensional one.

Seems like this is even making urban sites viable for warehousing again, since an automated system is profitable enough per SF to offset the higher costs of urban land. There are similar cold storage buildings already on the SW side around the I-55 corridor.

[the urban politician]

^ Loft condos of the future?

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ Loft condos of the future?

Probably not. This is basically an enormous shelving/racking system with a thin metal covering. It doesn’t have clear spans inside that are conducive to housing, it doesn’t even have real floorplates, and the exterior is often precast panel which is difficult to punch openings in. They’re more like grain elevators than the handsome brick warehouses dotting Chicago neighborhoods. They are very much single-use buildings, but at least they use land efficiently and the steel can be recycled at the end of the building’s useful life.


Interlake-Mecalux

[marothisu]

Sterling Bay was issued 3 wrecking permits last week for 1225, 1237, and 1243 W Fulton Market (https://www.google.com/maps/place/12...!4d-87.6579203).

Probably to make way for this:
http://www.sterlingbay.com/sites/def...l_Update_0.pdf

[harryc]

Aug 31

[RedCorsair87]

I like the density here, but can someone explain what the design process was behind this monstrosity? There is orange brick, black brick, grey brick, beige brick, and some type of black cladding? This is the equivalent of a baker making a cake with one layer of chocolate, one of banana, one of red velvet, one of peanut butter, one of oreo, one of key lime, etc.

[jc5680]

The lack of coherence in that building is unsettling.

[Busy Bee]

Originally Posted by RedCorsair87

I like the density here, but can someone explain what the design process was behind this monstrosity? There is orange brick, black brick, grey brick, beige brick, and some type of black cladding? This is the equivalent of a baker making a cake with one layer of chocolate, one of banana, one of red velvet, one of peanut butter, one of oreo, one of key lime, etc.

Too many cooks in the kitchen may be the expression your looking for. It would be my guess.

[Skyguy_7]

^ Yep, everybody gets a trophy at this Architectural firm. I can picture all the youngins and interns being allowed their input on this very special development, being adjacent to Wrigley. And this is the result.

[Jim in Chicago]

Originally Posted by RedCorsair87

I like the density here, but can someone explain what the design process was behind this monstrosity? There is orange brick, black brick, grey brick, beige brick, and some type of black cladding? This is the equivalent of a baker making a cake with one layer of chocolate, one of banana, one of red velvet, one of peanut butter, one of oreo, one of key lime, etc.

I'm really over this "let's put 20 kinds of cladding on the building, it will look cool" phase. You see many examples in Chicago, from recent visits I think there are even more in DC. They're going to be very dated very soon.