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[Ryanrule]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

Good luck convincing the US Supreme Court of that.

Tax exemption maintains a separation of church and state, and ensures freedom of religion. Regulation of religion is unconstitutional. Also keep in mind if we end exemptions for churches, we would have to do so for all non profits.

The church has repeatedly crossed the line, putting its shriveled dick into politics.
It's time to castrate it.

[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by Ryanrule

The church has repeatedly crossed the line, putting its shriveled dick into politics.
It's time to castrate it.

if you want to make that your personal vendetta have at it.

it dosent really address how we save our architectural heritage.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

See, this is a perfect example of a conversion that basically guts any integrity the building once had, assuming the renderings are any indication. Honestly calling this a conversion is pretty generous as I see no remaining original elements, much less even facade.

I don't think the renderings are ANY indication. They're crude and very basic - they show pretty much nothing other than the structure of the building, so I don't think so. I also read elsewhere (maybe DNA Info) that they were going to be preserving everything about the facade.

[Via Chicago]

^
i hope so, and that they make an effort to carry the look of the old brick facade over to the new portion. it looked like they were just throwing some cheap siding up from that image.

[marothisu]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

^
i hope so, and that they make an effort to carry the look of the old brick facade over to the new portion. it looked like they were just throwing some cheap siding up from that image.

I think whoever the developer is, is really basic. It was right in the Curbed article I linked btw. A little reading would have the answer:

The property is currently listed for sale as a vacant lot with an ask of $1.575 million, but a developer is looking to preserve the building's front facade and add a rear and side addition to convert the 100+ year old structure into ten apartment units, DNAinfo reports.

[ithakas]

It looks like Coyne College is leaving their campus and parking lot in Fulton Market: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...ng-is-for-sale

[msu2001la]

Originally Posted by ithakas

It looks like Coyne College is leaving their campus and parking lot in Fulton Market: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...ng-is-for-sale

This is a huge site, just outside of the (proposed/finalized??) landmark district. It will be very interesting to see what happens there.

Also crazy that Coyne is moving from Fulton Market to State/Madison, which seems like it would be a way more expensive location, but I guess they are downsizing.

[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by ithakas

It looks like Coyne College is leaving their campus and parking lot in Fulton Market: https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...ng-is-for-sale

^never knew what that building was. always looked like a somewhat nice bus terminal or packing facility from a few blocks away.

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by msu2001la

This is a huge site, just outside of the (proposed/finalized??) landmark district. It will be very interesting to see what happens there.

Also crazy that Coyne is moving from Fulton Market to State/Madison, which seems like it would be a way more expensive location, but I guess they are downsizing.

It's just outside of the landmark district, but inside of the PMD. Residential is out of the question here, as is hotel and certain kinds of retail.

Ald. Hopkins came out in favor of abolishing the Clybourn Corridor PMD (it's unclear if he will win) but this is a different ward, different alderman (Burnett).

[BWChicago]

Originally Posted by msu2001la

This is a huge site, just outside of the (proposed/finalized??) landmark district. It will be very interesting to see what happens there.

Also crazy that Coyne is moving from Fulton Market to State/Madison, which seems like it would be a way more expensive location, but I guess they are downsizing.

And a very strange place for a trade school. I'd think you'd need parking for a trade school, and there's about a billion industrial lofts they could have chosen. Too bad, it's an interesting low-budget Booth Hansen building. http://www.boothhansen.com/projects/coyne-college/

[MultiModal]

Really big stuff is coming to Sears Tower soon. Very extensive renovations to the interior (such as new tenant amenities and elevator modernization) which will start very soon and is expected to be finished by August. butttttt way more interesting is that Sears will completely redo the base and lobby, wrapping the building in two floors of retail and moving the Skydeck entrance underground. Overall adding around 150,000 SF of retail. Lastly, and maybe most exciting, they want a grocery store for the LL of the building. Unfortunately, the retail portion is not expected to begin construction until Q1 of 2017 with delivery Q2 of 2018.

[ChickeNES]

Originally Posted by MultiModal

Really big stuff is coming to Sears Tower soon. Very extensive renovations to the interior (such as new tenant amenities and elevator modernization) which will start very soon and is expected to be finished by August. butttttt way more interesting is that Sears will completely redo the base and lobby, wrapping the building in two floors of retail and moving the Skydeck entrance underground. Overall adding around 150,000 SF of retail. Lastly, and maybe most exciting, they want a grocery store for the LL of the building. Unfortunately, the retail portion is not expected to begin construction until Q1 of 2017 with delivery Q2 of 2018.

This makes me a bit nervous to be honest, given how poorly this kind of renovation has been done in the past. Any info on the architect? It will be nice to see the god-awful blank wall on Adams finally fixed, but I'll miss the mailbox atrium.

[OhioGuy]

Unsure if this should be posted in the Chicago thread, but it looks like construction of a pathetic strip mall won't be happening at the busy intersection of Madison & Harlem in Forest Park (bordering Oak Park, approximately 3-4 blocks from the Harlem Green Line and Harlem Blue Line stations). The developer says the city wants to build a mixed use development on the site as an eastern anchor to the downtown corridor. Good news!

Madison-Harlem Starbucks proposal is dead
Developer pulls out. Reportedly, Forest Park is looking for a larger project
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 1:26 PM


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A developer has withdrawn a proposal to build a strip mall at the northwest corner of Harlem and Madison in Forest Park that would have included a Starbucks coffee shop and a Medspring Urgent Care facility.

David King, who brokered the deal to attract the two businesses to the corner, which currently is a vacant parcel, said he already has put the 20,000-square-foot-plus property back on the market.

"The discussion with the village of Forest Park from day one was: "Is this a Madison Street property or a Harlem Avenue property?" King said in a telephone interview.

One of the sticking points with the proposal by Midwest Property Group Ltd. was the drive-thru window at the proposed Starbucks, which aimed to capture the business of some 35,000 motorists who pass by daily on Harlem Avenue, King said.

He believes the village wants to put in a larger, mixed-use residential building at the location that could serve as the eastern anchor of Forest Park's downtown business district.

"They're looking for a bigger building with more density," he said.

Neither Forest Park Mayor Tony Calderone nor Village Administrator Timothy Gillian returned calls requesting an interview.

King noted that a developer could build a 27,000-square-foot building at the site without needing a zoning variance from the village. He is currently marketing the property to developers interested in a larger structure.

[ithakas]

PILSEN — An alderman will likely deny a developer's controversial plan to build 500 apartments on a vacant Pilsen site.

After the Pilsen Land Use Committee recently issued an unfavorable recommendation, Ald. Danny Solis (25th) told DNAinfo Chicago this week that he likely won't sign off on the project, effectively killing the plan for now.

"It is too many units," Solis said.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...t-aldermans-ok

[jc5680]

A week or so old, but the new cornice is all but installed now on the building at Madison and Halsted.

[the urban politician]

Originally Posted by ithakas

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...t-aldermans-ok

A setback for Pilsen, but the clock is ticking. Eventually that land will be developed

[Kumdogmillionaire]

I remember walking by that every day during the summer on my way back from the gym. They really did a nice job cleaning that thing up!

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by the urban politician

A setback for Pilsen, but the clock is ticking. Eventually that land will be developed

What does the alderman want for the site?

[the urban politician]

The Alderman wants to stay in office. That means balancing the needs of development versus the whining of some members of the Mexican community who won't give up on east Pilsen. The reality, this is a form of regulation of unfettered free market gentrification. It will slow down the process and grab headlines, a political win. But the Alderman can't stop people from buying and rehabbing every property in the district and raising rents. Eventually the whole area will be overrun with gentrifiers and community opposition to a big development at that site will be attenuated. If you read that article you can see that community groups in University Village really want that site developed.

[Near North Resident]

Originally Posted by ithakas

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...t-aldermans-ok

wonder if there was some "influence" by the Podmajersky family on this, I'm sure they are loving that rents in pilsen are skyrocketing and probably don't want any more competition