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Great overview of Harper Court and the surrounding developments:
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/1408/rirt.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook |
The first Harper Court businesses are opening up this week. An AT&T store opened over Labor Day weekend, while a Starbucks and an athletic shoe shop, Villa, are going to open later in the week.
http://fiftythird.uchicago.edu/2013/...n-harper-court |
^ Great news.
spyguy, that image really shows how Harper Court is not out of scale with the neighborhood, and the McMobil and City Hyde Park projects will also be an appropriate scale. |
The University purchased the building on the SW corner of 53rd and Harper. This reveals their plans for the upper floors of that and other neighboring buildings, but I wonder if they'll clean up the first floor retail as well.
http://imageshack.us/a/img197/4167/ceof.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img198/7736/volm.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img713/7309/ulzx.jpg http://news.uchicago.edu/article/201...icago-startups New innovation hub uses discovery to fuel Chicago startups Chicago Innovation Exchange to open on 53rd Street, sparking business and product creation OCTOBER 11, 2013 The University of Chicago announced Friday that it has created a new center to help scholars and entrepreneurs translate their ideas and new technologies into startup businesses and products. The Chicago Innovation Exchange (CIE), which will open in late 2014 in the 53rd Street commercial district in Hyde Park, will provide space for proof-of-concept work, business incubation, collaboration opportunities, and programming for new ventures by UChicago faculty and students, as well as entrepreneurs from outside the University. It also will cultivate partnerships to connect emerging entrepreneurs with Chicago’s broader innovation ecosystem and drive the creation of new businesses, jobs, and economic activity in the city and surrounding region. The CIE will bring together the University’s distinctive strengths in research and resources from a network of world-class entrepreneurship programs to drive innovation in a range of areas, applying scientific discoveries to generate scalable solutions to difficult societal problems. The center will have space to incubate five to 10 new companies a year, along with co-working space, gathering places, and meeting rooms that together can accommodate up to 350 people in full working mode. ...The CIE will draw participation from different parts and affiliates of the University, including Argonne National Laboratory; the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Michael P. Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation; the College; the Computation Institute; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; the Institute for Molecular Engineering; the Marine Biological Laboratory; the Physical Sciences Division; the Biological Sciences Division and the University of Chicago Medicine; UChicago’s Center for Technology Development & Ventures, or UChicagoTech; the Urban Education Institute; and the University of Chicago Law School. The CIE will be a central hub for these distinct entities, allowing for greater collaboration, sharing of resources, and a regular exchange of ideas—complementing existing innovation efforts in Chicago. |
The good (hopefully) and bad
http://hpherald.com/2013/10/09/demo-...n-for-city-hp/
Demo to begin for City HP By LINDSAY WELBERS OCT 9, 2013 The old buildings at the Village Shopping Center should be demolished in coming weeks. Peter Cassel, director of community development for Antheus Capital, told the 53rd Street TIF Advisory Council on Monday, Sept. 30, that the buildings should be gone by the end of the year. Construction on the 17-story building that will eventually house 110,000 square feet of retail including a Whole Foods, 182 apartments, and two levels of underground parking, would begin early next year. ...Cassel also announced that three greystones between 5110 and 5114 S. Harper Ave. will be demolished. Antheus bought the properties in 2008, he said, as a defensive move when they were “a rat-infested mess.” Antheus has been unable to find a way to rehab the buildings affordably, so to accommodate the retailers’ and neighborhoods demand for more parking the lots the houses occupy will be turned into a 28 space paid parking lot. |
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This Hyde Park store is now Akira's best performing store in the city, which has really got a lot of attention in the retail market. Urban Outfitters is said to be scouting in Hyde Park, tail between their leg. No discounted rent is available any more. |
Yeah, the increasing populations of grad students in business, medicine, etc. has brought a lot of wealthy, sophisticated buyers to HP. These aren't starving students anymore...
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^ Urban Outfitters on 53rd would be a huge symbol for that area's transformation. All we need is Gang's project and for a judge to throw out that retarded and frivolous lawsuit by the NIMBY's against the other project, and 53rd will be a whole different kind of place than it was just a few years ago...
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Matthias Merges' first Hyde Park venture, A10, opened the other day, and Eater Chicago's shots are pretty beautiful (if a bit HDR-ey).
Full article (with more pics here. http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...f36bf0f6_b.jpg http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...f843217f_b.jpg http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...28e64118_b.jpg http://cdn.cstatic.net/images/gridfs...088639c2_b.jpg |
Revcon cranes are onsite at Lake Park and 51st. Village Center construction is imminent.
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City Hyde Park has begun construction! The first caissons were drilled today:
http://file.phorio.com/photo/8857170...k,-Chicago.jpg http://file.phorio.com/photo/2104168...k,-Chicago.jpg More photos on Phorio: http://en.phorio.com/city_hyde_park,..._united_states Sadly, the graystone triplex across Harper Avenue finished demolition today, by coincidence. |
Looks like construction is not too far off on Vue 53 either. Went past the sight this evening and the gas station has been removed.
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Walking past the Vue53 site today and noticed there is a lot of activity in the alley that runs behind it, looked to me like they were doing some utility relocation work, and that they had a large wooden box with what looked like a test piece of the future curtain wall. I've seen similar setups in the past during early construction of both the new UofC hospital pavilion and Harper Court. Does anyone know what purpose they serve?
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Cornerstone Apartments
According to an ITB from Madison Construction- 65 fresh apartments coming to Hyde Park area. 24 rehabs at 4950 S Langley, 21 rehabs at 5033 S Evans and 3 new 3-story apartment buildings in the 600 block of E 50th. This is all near the northeast corner of Washington Park. Good for the neighborhood.
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I hope someone will post pictures of the Vue53 site and the LaQuinta Hotel renovation. I am not in the area and curious to see how these are coming along. Thank you!
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From talking with a friend I've heard some buzz that The Promontory is aiming to open in July but haven't set a final date yet.
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Looks like Marshalls will in fact take most of the second floor retail space in City Hyde Park.
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If we can get some good developments in Bronzeville then Hyde Park and Kenwood could be connected directly to downtown without being surrounded by tough neighborhoods.
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There's been a bunch of small developments to go up in Bronzeville in the last few years..a sizable one is nearing completion, actually. |
I got an exact height today for City Hyde Park - it will be 172'-0.5" (52.4 m) tall. Here are some photos taken today:
http://file.phorio.com/photo/2471636...k,-Chicago.jpg http://image.phorio.com/photo/666871...k,-Chicago.jpg http://picture.phorio.com/photo/1294...k,-Chicago.jpg EDIT: I made a 4-inch adjustment based on closer reading of the elevations. The figure above is correct now. |
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Full permit for City Hyde Park was issued on the 15th. I'm eager to see it rise out of the ground soon.
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^ That's great news!
Also, saw that McHugh is taking subcontractor bids for Vue53 this week. Does anybody know the status of that nuisance lawsuit that was filed against it? Hopefully it's already been tossed, or will be shortly, so that this project can get going in the next month or so as well...... |
^ It was tossed a while back
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http://i.imgur.com/A4M2pgC.jpg And the date fits with a foundation permit that was issued on May 21. The HP NIMBYs filed an appeal back in July, but I haven't heard anything since other than a mention somewhere that construction is to start in September. It sounds like if McHugh is taking bids things finally might be back on track. |
In Crain's interview with Jim Hennessy, associate vice president of commercial real estate operations for the University of Chicago, Hennessy says the plan is to build a 25-story residential tower for Phase II of Harper Court, though he admits it may never get built. That was the first time I had read details about the scope of Phase II.
"Meet the U of C exec who wants to revitalize Hyde Park" http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...lize-hyde-park |
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Thanks for posting that pic. Hadn't seen it. Hope it gets built!
Bet the anti-Vue53 people would love it. They already claim the shorter building will block out the sun, the moon, and the stars. (I wonder what will happen the day they venture out of Hyde Park and see the skyscrapers downtown.) If Phase II of Harper Court, City Hyde Park, and Vue53 all get built, that would be a nice concentration of new buildings in the area. And would have quite an impact! |
Went by the Vue53 site today. No signs of any progress. Anybody have any info on the status of this project?
I can't begin to emphasize how good this and the other Gang project will be for Hyde Park |
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I don't know what the 'normal' timeline is for permit issuance for construction projects in Chicago, but this links says City Hyde Park received its foundation permit in March and six months later its construction permit in September. So if Vue53 received a foundation permit on May 21, would it normally be six months before the construction permit is issued? That would put that construction permit issuance in late November. (I'm assuming it hasn't been issued already.)
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A drawing of UChicago Medicine's new 8-story parking garage. Mentions they are planning to build a doctor's office on top of the garage:
http://www.claycorp.com/p/21237/univ...arking-garage/ And a construction webcam. What's cool is you can go backward in time and watch the construction progress (by clicking on a date on the calendar): http://oxblue.com/open/clayco/ccdparkinggaragechicago Article and other drawing: http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20130...parking-garage |
Sucks that they had to level an entire city block with a bunch of beautiful old homes on it in order to build a giant parking garage. Plus, that parking garage now fronts one of the biggest parks in the city.
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^ While I certainly don't disagree with the sentiment you express here, but a couple things, at least:
1) As garages go, that's definitely not a bad-looking one 2) I'm sure at least in part related to #1, part of the garage footprint will be vertically expanded in a future phase medical office tower..... |
Further details--The hospital website says the plan is to build an eight-story medical tower on top of part of the garage:
http://ucmfacilities.uchicago.edu/co...king_facility/ The structure is "partially hardened to allow for the future construction of an 8 story Medical Office Building above a portion of the top floor." |
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