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CHICAGO | Hyde Park Development
I thought it was about time to finally start a separate thread for all of the projects going in Hyde Park. It's hard to really understand the changes in this area without looking at the whole picture.
So this thread is focused primarily on the transformation of 53rd Street. Feel free to add anything you think is relevant. I will definitely be adding construction photos, new retail tenants, and projects/ renderings in the near future. http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3873/53rdmap.jpg Harper Court Mixed-use development with office, retail, residential Phase 1: Retail podium with structured parking - LA Fitness, Chipotle http://imageshack.us/m/88/310/hc3v.jpgOffice tower - 150,000 square feet leased to the University of Chicago, retail on first two floors http://imageshack.us/m/268/1646/hc1v.jpgHyatt Place Hotel - 130 rooms, winebar/restaurant http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/265...ect3image1.jpgFuture phases: residential tower and mid-rises http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/9782/hyde2.jpgCity Hyde Park 179 units Retail tenants: Whole Foods, Chase bank, Original Pancake House http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/928/chp06.jpgHarper Theater - renovation Retail tenants: Five Guys, 5-screen New 400 Theaters with Metropolis Coffee cafe http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5...ertheater1.jpgFormer Borders Building -exterior facade changes Retail tenants: Akira flagship, possible restaurant/entertainment concept http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/6052/akira.jpgClarke's Diner - open 24/7 1447 East 53rd http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/4...kesjamiema.jpgKilwin's chocolate and fudge shop 5226 South Harper 53rd Street Bicycle Station http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/113/50501207.jpgFuture Developments: McMobil redevelopment - graduate student housing and retail 53rd and Cornell - residential and retail building likely (possibly a tower) |
Awesome stuff there.
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Spyguy, I vote you MVP among Chicago forumers
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Mods, can we get a Chicago tag on this thread please?
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Just found this thread. Copy-pasting my Harper Court update I had posted in the Gen Dev thread.
--- (from their Facebook page) April 24th - The site viewed from the McDonald's (Southwest): http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...62120219_n.jpg April 24th - The Harper Court site viewed from the Hyde Park Bank (North): http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...95005812_n.jpg April 24th - The office tower viewed from the Hyde Park Bank (Northeast): http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...21870936_n.jpg May 15th http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-...46517133_n.jpg Also, Curbed did an update a few days ago. |
Have there been any updates regarding Solstice*? I thought I remember reading a blurb mentioning they were going ahead with the work for the school/access drive/park but that there was still no timetable for the building to get underway.
*I know its not 53rd, sorry |
^Nice photo updates.
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As for your question, everything I've read indicates that Antheus hasn't completely killed Solstice but that it's on the back burner. Unless they switch to apartments, it's going to be a while. The downtown condo market is still pretty dead so what chance does Hyde Park have? On the other hand, if everything above happens (Whole Foods, new restaurants, etc.) a lot more people might consider living in Hyde Park. |
Any way we can tag this thread so it pops up in the Chicago P & C subsection of the forum?
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Some additional unannounced national retail tenants for Harper Court:
Noodles & Company Ulta beauty Starbucks in the office tower (I'm not sure if this means that the current Starbucks will close or not) |
It might be just a kiosk. Some kind of in-building coffee shop is pretty much de rigeur for new office buildings. Meanwhile, an office-lobby Starbucks would attract far fewer walk-ins.
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Harper Court construction update: you can see part of the facade already on the first floor. The bike station is in the background. http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8...9129262710.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook 53rd Street Bicycle Center - opened this week Hours and Services: SUMMER: M-F 7am-7pm, S-S: 9am-7pm SPRING/FALL: M-F: 7am-7pm, S-S: 10am-6pm WINTER: M-F: 9am-5pm, S-S: Closed Bike rental, parking, repairs, showers & lockers, segway tours, and merchandise http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2...3050976966.jpg http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/9...0509793166.jpg Bike and Park/ Facebook |
Wow, those photos are great. This is a building for the ages.
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Thanks a lot! To me this is one of the best buildings in recent years in Chicago. The building has a lot of the future-leaning feel of mid-century modernism without actually replicating that style.
I used to think the facade was wood, but someone here corrected me - it's actually limestone, just with a color and layout similar to wood. |
Dan, your pics are amazing. But the more I look at this building, the less I like it. Williams and Tsien are known for their materiality and the swaths of limestone come off one dimensional and bland to me. Maybe I'm a philistine who "doesn't get it," but this building really bores me. I love Williams and Tsien, but this building is increasingly feeling like it isn't their best. I do like the scale changes between the tower and base, but the louvered roof seems a hackneyed choice and the storefront windows feel clinical instead of feeling like the warm-modernity that the pair is known for.
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Give the limestone some time to weather. Right now it looks like it could be precast, but as it weathers it will develop a great texture.
The idea for the limestone-as-brick comes from Mario Ridolfi, and his building's been around for 80 years; the limestone looks fantastic after all that time. Post Office at Piazza Bologna, Rome (1933) http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2444/3...772208_b_d.jpg |
A lot of the walls are a soft rubbery material, which looks nice and creates a comfortable feeling, but I wonder how that will age. The whole place feels super-new right now.
One thing I like is the way it forms almost a cloister together with the Midway Studios. Also it's rare to have an 11-story tower with this level of intimacy (each floor is small & also unique) but combined with an openness thanks to generous proportions and floor-to-ceiling glass. It's almost literally a modern interpretation of an ivory tower. (Both limestone & ivory are mostly calcium I believe.) The scale changes from the tower to base are definitely one of the best features - even more so on the interior. |
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That is so true. I do need to get down there. I saw this and the Mansuetta library when they were U/C last year, but I need to see them now that they are finished. But because of the way I am situated on public transit, I've either got to drive or take nearly 2 hours to get down. |
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Harper Court office tower growing
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/1...2100146411.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook New Harper Court restaurants: Ja' Grill Restaurant & Lounge (from Lincoln Park) Flavor restaurant (Flossmoor) Park Tavern (Rosemont) Other: Not so exciting but Papa John's is opening in the Dorchester Commons strip mall (1418 E 53rd) A restaurant called South Side Shrimp plans to open this month in the restored Del Prado Apartments at 53rd and South Hyde Park. Speaking of which, according to the Herald, nearly all of the apartments have been leased. http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2...e7b0e59673.jpg |
More subsidies for Harper Court. The Trib has the story.
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Did no one else notice the facade panel?
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Harper Court yesterday:
http://image.shotsharing.com/photo/5...r,-Chicago.jpg |
Harper Court two hours ago:
http://image.shotsharing.com/photo/6...r,-Chicago.jpg http://picture.shotsharing.com/photo...r,-Chicago.jpg And Earl Shapiro Hall on June 15: http://image.shotsharing.com/photo/1...l,-Chicago.jpg |
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^Great shots, Dan. I wonder what the University has planned for the Facilities Services building next door.
One more from yesterday: http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9...8295469132.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook Demolition work on the old Borders building/ Akira http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7032/93797460.jpg 53rd Street Blog I've previously heard of plans to redo the area south of 53rd Street including:
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This is sooo exciting for Hyde Park! I'm late to the dance. I would like to know if the high rises will actually be built?
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http://hpherald.com/ Antheus seeks own TIF for City HP By Sam Cholke & Lindsay Welbers On July 9, a committee of Hyde Park residents approved supporting the redevelopment of the Village Shopping Center with property tax dollars through the creation of a new taxing district. Hyde Park has committed most of its available tax incentives to the redevelopment of Harper Court. To avoid ending up in line behind Harper Court, the developers of the Village Center are proposing creating a new line for taxpayer support — with them at the front. The Silliman Group is planning to replace the 1531 E. Hyde Park Blvd. shopping center with a $140 million development with a Whole Foods grocery store and 182 apartments. Silliman is hoping to partially close a $25 million hole in the project budget with local property tax revenue by establishing a new tax-increment financing district in Hyde Park. |
Construction update
Office tower
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/143...5105382437.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook Retail podium http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/650...6438716639.jpg Harper Court/ Facebook Meanwhile, things are starting to happen with City Hyde Park. The existing tenants are already relocating and must vacate by the end of October. Antheus is planning to demolish the buildings in November, according to the Herald. |
Harper Court - 9/6 - Office tower appears to have topped-out (or very close to it).
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...21728619_n.jpg https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...3557063&type=1 |
Whoo. Can't wait for the glass to start showing up. I love this scale of building for Hyde Park. It's the next step towards developing HP into a bonafide secondary downtown, like Evanston or Flushing or something.
Next step: useful rail service to the Loop. |
New restaurant/entertainment venue planned for the Borders building: The Promontory
http://articles.redeyechicago.com/20...oint-hyde-park The Promontory coming to Hyde Park Owners of Empty Bottle, Longman & Eagle and Evanston's Space team up for restaurant with live music Empty Bottle’s Bruce Finkelman and Craig Golden, of Space in Evanston, are currently prepping their newest venture, The Promontory (1539 E. 53rd St.), for an early 2013 opening. ...He did confirm that the owners are currently renovating the building and the space will offer live music events and food. The team behind The Promontory—named after Hyde Park’s nearby Promontory Point lakefront area, which in 1933-1934 housed Chicago’s second World’s Fair—will also include Longman & Eagle chef Jared Wentworth. |
Huh? The Century of Progress only went to 39th Street.
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A few questions for those of you following Chicago more closely than I can from afar. My wife and I are looking to move back to Chicago and Hyde Park is a natural location for us. It's close to UC, the lake and it's not as infested with national chains like some other neighborhoods are.
Is solstice dead? And what about these new developments like the Village Center; is it on track to be built and will they include condos or will it just be apartments? |
Some snapshots from Twitter user @ChrisDillon, retweeted from the @HarperCourt account.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4yVbDyCcAAbqD9.jpg Office tower, looking east. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4yVJkuCIAAGHCN.jpg Hotel https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A4yU-FICAAA62o5.jpg Sources: https://twitter.com/ChrisDillion/sta.../photo/1/large https://twitter.com/ChrisDillion/sta.../photo/1/large https://twitter.com/ChrisDillion/sta.../photo/1/large |
Today's Crain's article about the TIF proposal for City Hyde Park mentions that the project might also have a T.J. Maxx and Michaels in addition to Whole Foods. Not exactly high-end but about what I was expecting and probably what Hyde Park needs. A City Target would be great, though.
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Both Michaels and TJX seem to be on expansion sprees. I guess scrapbooking is more lucrative than I thought.
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More eateries on 53rd
http://chicago.eater.com/archives/20...-hyde-park.php
Matthias Merges Opening Two Restaurants in Hyde Park, Including a Scaled-Down Yusho, in 2013 Friday, October 12, 2012, by Ari Bendersky Last month word came that the team behind Longman & Eagle would open the Promontory in Hyde Park. Now the South Side restaurant expansion continues with news that former Charlie Trotter's chef de cuisine and owner of celebrated Logan Square spot Yusho Matthias Merges will open not one, but two restaurants in Hyde Park in 2013, including a scaled-down version of Yusho... 1466 E. 53rd - new "European based" concept 1301 E. 53rd - scaled down version of Yusho |
Ulta Beauty confirmed for Harper Court
http://www.harpercourtchicago.com/node/33
ULTA Beauty to Join Harper Court ULTA Beauty, the largest beauty retailer of its kind in the United States, will open in Harper Court in 2013. Harper Court Partners, LLC, a joint venture between Vermilion Development and JFJ Development Company, recently executed the lease with ULTA Beauty for 8,890 square feet on the project’s first floor. |
Harper Court now LEED-ND Gold
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8...1027605548.jpg
Harper Court Chicago/ Facebook http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7...2769433671.jpg Harper Court Chicago/ Facebook Harper Theater marquee went up recently, looks good http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8503/p2hiw.jpg http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3874/p3hp.jpg 53rd Street Blog |
Some bad news
Unrelated, but the University is going to build an 8 story, 1800-car parking garage at 57th and Cottage Grove next to the new hospital pavilion. Terrible that they're going to destroy the older fabric of the neighborhood for a giant garage.
---- Also, City Hyde Park has changed. Antheus has scrapped plans for the second taller tower. The number of units hasn't changed and the remaining tower is now a few floors taller. http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4384/cityhydepark1.jpg http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1...yhydepark2.png |
^ Booooooooo.
Can't really complain though. Studio Gang's design looks slick no matter how you dice it. Great addition to the area. This question most likely has already been asked (so please forgive my ignorance), but is there a preliminary start date in place for groundbreaking on CHP? The official site calls for a 2014 opening, but... |
^The high-rise still an excellent design, but that podium sucks; really destroys the whole aesthetic of the project. Studio Gang needs to find a more elegant solution to this. No parking would be nice, but that's not going to happen.
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The Akira in Hyde Park on 53rd Street opened today! :)
Article here. http://fiftythird.uchicago.edu/sites...ra.opening.jpg |
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^Nice photos. I still wonder if they'll do anything with that old Starbucks building...
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/162...8354825722.jpg Harper Court Chicago/ Facebook Kilwin's shop now open across the street next to the new theater http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/1341/kilwins.jpg 53rd Street Blog CorePower Yoga has signed a lease for the remaining space on the second floor of the old Borders building (now Akira). And kind of unrelated, but an awesome photo of the new University of Chicago campus: http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8...21208at104.png Tom Rossiter |
Great shot of the campus. UofC is an impressive place.
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