Just walked past the empty lot on Wabash b/w Elephant & Castle and Gold Coast Dogs.. construction fencing is down and a brand new self-park meter has been installed. It looks like the 7 Eleven/DD mini retail strip listed as "coming soon" on said fence and pictured below isn't happening (..yet?)
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This lot was part of the 73 E. Lake tower construction plans. Originally planned to be an 8 story office building w/ 248 parking spaces? ..they later switched to the 1 story shit ass retail plan. This thing now being a parking lot gives me hope they're planning for something bigger or they'll sell the land to someone who will
CAB's article (
http://www.chicagoarchitecture.org/2...fice-building/)