CHICAGO | One Chicago | 971 FT & 574 FT | 78 & 49 FLOORS
A wild supertall has appeared in the zoning applications... no renders yet, just schematics.
914 units | 200,000 sqft retail | 45,000 office | 659 parking Developer is JDL - https://jdlcorp.com Zoning Application - https://chicago.legistar.com/View.as...3-684EDA8E2BA6 https://i.imgur.com/VfG3qHh.png http://kngkyle.com/uploads/204431.png http://kngkyle.com/uploads/204507.png http://kngkyle.com/uploads/204526.png http://kngkyle.com/uploads/204559.png |
This spells the end for that block of Dearborn being anything more than a glorified alley for auto exit/entries, but hot damn I'll take it!
The loss of some of those lowrise buildings will be unfortunate, but if this goes forward as proposed then it's a huge improvement over that massive parking lot. My only complaint is that I have always envisioned this lot having a small park/plaza facing Holy Name Cathedral. Too bad there is zero open space. |
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Mostly residential with a big retail base. :cheers:
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Here's an interesting point from the zoning app:
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Wait wait wait... why is that little one story turd of building on the SW corner being shown as staying?!?
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Just a tad bit on the parcel parameters. A beefy tower, probally the likes of Vista with that sq-footage. Chunky base. From the app:
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Its been a while since I have been there but that small building referred to here is a restaurant. One of the few in that area that stays open all night if memory serves correctly. Kind of a late night gathering spot after a night of bar hopping. It always felt safe... was a fun, lively little place and the food was good. So long as it does not interfere with development of this supertall, keeping the restaurant in the neighborhood could turn out to be a good thing. Spots like these add something to the urban experience.
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^ I agree. Small buildings in a sea of highrise actually add texture and interest to the streetscape
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Can someone post pictures of the low rises that are coming down for this?
Edit: Never mind, I see them now. Those should be retained, not the shitty restaurant (by the looks of the food) and dry cleaner. Why must every large building in Chicago be built over a goddamn parking podium? I'd rather this thing stay on the back burner until the rules are changed around that. Build the two towers. Leave the three 19th century buildings as is. Tear down the building on the corner as soon as possible (small buildings are nice, one-story buildings with zero architectural interest are not). |
A little nervous to see what a 1000' HPA tower looks like, but can't say I don't like the massing. Surprised like others that there isn't much park/open space as part of the development. Also sucks that only the unimportant low rise building on that block will remain, but not totally surprising.
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Not the biggest loss, but still a shame to lose that sort of human scaled vintage building stock, especially in this part of downtown. Certainly hurts more knowing the crap at the corner of Superior and Dearborn will be sticking around. |
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I suppose it's an ugly area anyway, given what's on the blocks to the west and south. |
BTW, someone needs to tag this thread to Chicago P&C :)
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NICE! I can't wait to see the renderings. Hoping the design turns out well. Worried that some people/Reilly will want to turn it down considering what happened nearby with that other 70+ story building. I guess the "positive" thing is that the parking entrance looks pretty big and it's on Dearborn.
BTW Architects are Hartshorne Plunkard and Goetsch |
^ It's a positive thing that this part of River North is basically a sea of parking garages with no street life?
We shouldn't be building parking into buildings anymore. Uber exists, and self driving cars are coming soon. It isn't necessary anymore. I bet they'll stick a blank concrete wall behind that worthless little building on the corner (which will now never be economical to replace) as well. |
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