CHICAGO | General Developments

[dweeprise]

Originally Posted by Chi-Sky21

Just closing for now as far as i know, but i would be surprised if they keep it just as is, so i was just hoping for something bigger. But one never knows.

Ok, thanks.

[KWillChicago]

Originally Posted by Via Chicago

sounds like a calatrava all right

Tap it twice to get it right. If they start digging a hole we got issues.

[harryc]

Aug 24


The bones from the old annex can be seen here ( riveted column ).

[harryc]

Aug 24

[RedCorsair87]

https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08...eatre-company/

[Handro]

^Good news

Bad news: https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/08...will-continue/

[harryc]

Aug 27

[jpIllInoIs]

^ Is that a pedway to connect the buildings?

[Kumdogmillionaire]

Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs

^ Is that a pedway to connect the buildings?

Yessir

[harryc]

Aug 28

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs

^ Is that a pedway to connect the buildings?

The new build is considered Phase II of the MCA Apartments... I'm guessing Phase II will have a separate entrance, but the skybridge is to allow for direct indoor access to the amenities in Phase I.

They have a beautiful rooftop, I've had the privilege of visiting a few times.

[pip]

318 N Capenter is a fantastic new construction building.

[the urban politician]

Congress Theatre going into foreclosure according to Crains

[r18tdi]

Spotted soil testing today at that vacant lot at Chicago and Cleveland, the one where developers were eyeing a new hotel tower.

[emathias]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

Spotted soil testing today at that vacant lot at Chicago and Cleveland, the one where developers were eyeing a new hotel tower.

Boring design, but it would be good for the area despite the immediate proximity to the Cabrini Rowhouses. Despite living only a ten minute walk from there, I would not want to stay in a hotel there, but ostensibly out of towners wouldn't know better and it would be good for the companies in the Groupon building and help with pulling more restaurants that direction. And help continue the enclosing of Chicago Avenue as sort of the edge of downtown.

Has anyone heard anything more about the proposal at the SE corner of Chicago and Franklin?

Or about the site of the former Carson's on Wells?

I'm hoping that the methadone clinic on the NW corner of Franklin and Chicago will eventually relocate so that that vintage brick building might be renovated into something that more of the current area residents might use. When it opened, a lot of its patients lived in either the River North SROs or Cabrini Green, but currently I think most of their customers are driving in from further west so being closer to the highway might be better for everyone. The methadone clinic next to the Found Hotel on Wells seems like a candidate for relocation, too, for the same reasons.

I hope the vacant lots on Chicago between Franklin and LaSalle can fill in over the next decade. That would do a lot to help make the whole of Chicago Ave East of the River to Fairbanks one bustling mile-long strip. Making it a strip of restaurants could be cool, a River North answer to Randolph Street - proposed nickname the Manga Mile, lol. Or if it included a lot of specially shops maybe Merchants Mile. With two intersecting 'L' lines, it could really handle a ton of North Siders seeking a night out.

It's pretty amazing how fast One Chicago is going up. I'm glad to see it happening, although it will add 3-4 minutes to my walk to Whole Foods once that relocates. I really wish there was a grocery store in western River North. I am thankful for the Aldi at Division and Wells now, though.

[Goose Island Guru]

Originally Posted by emathias

It's pretty amazing how fast One Chicago is going up. I'm glad to see it happening, although it will add 3-4 minutes to my walk to Whole Foods once that relocates. I really wish there was a grocery store in western River North. I am thankful for the Aldi at Division and Wells now, though.

Whole Foods is moving one block north... I can't imagine it's that much further out of the way than the current location.

[Handro]

Originally Posted by emathias

Boring design, but it would be good for the area despite the immediate proximity to the Cabrini Rowhouses. Despite living only a ten minute walk from there, I would not want to stay in a hotel there, but ostensibly out of towners wouldn't know better and it would be good for the companies in the Groupon building and help with pulling more restaurants that direction. And help continue the enclosing of Chicago Avenue as sort of the edge of downtown.

Has anyone heard anything more about the proposal at the SE corner of Chicago and Franklin?

Or about the site of the former Carson's on Wells?

I'm hoping that the methadone clinic on the NW corner of Franklin and Chicago will eventually relocate so that that vintage brick building might be renovated into something that more of the current area residents might use. When it opened, a lot of its patients lived in either the River North SROs or Cabrini Green, but currently I think most of their customers are driving in from further west so being closer to the highway might be better for everyone. The methadone clinic next to the Found Hotel on Wells seems like a candidate for relocation, too, for the same reasons.

I hope the vacant lots on Chicago between Franklin and LaSalle can fill in over the next decade. That would do a lot to help make the whole of Chicago Ave East of the River to Fairbanks one bustling mile-long strip. Making it a strip of restaurants could be cool, a River North answer to Randolph Street - proposed nickname the Manga Mile, lol. Or if it included a lot of specially shops maybe Merchants Mile. With two intersecting 'L' lines, it could really handle a ton of North Siders seeking a night out.

It's pretty amazing how fast One Chicago is going up. I'm glad to see it happening, although it will add 3-4 minutes to my walk to Whole Foods once that relocates. I really wish there was a grocery store in western River North. I am thankful for the Aldi at Division and Wells now, though.

I wonder what the odds are on the Cabrini Rowhouses getting demolished in the relatively near future.

[marothisu]

Rehab facility planned for River North redevelopment

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/comm...-redevelopment

A local nursing home operator wants to redevelop the vacant former headquarters of the American Library Association in River North into a medical rehabilitation and recovery center, according to a proposal announced by 42nd Ward Ald. Brendan Reilly.

Oak Brook-based Restorative Care Institute plans to open a 98-bed skilled nursing facility at 50 E. Huron St., where it is seeking approval to overhaul the five-story former ALA building with three new floors and a glass exterior, project plans show. Reilly said in a newsletter to downtown residents that the company hopes to open the location by August 2022.

Semi current streetview:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/50...!4d-87.6261361

[Chi-Sky21]

Something going up next door to that? Looks like that other building is being torn down or gutted.

[Jibba]

Originally Posted by pip

318 N Capenter is a fantastic new construction building.

Just weird that they contrived a "vertical expansion" on a brand-new building.