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Originally Posted by Jim in Chicago
Not a clue and have been wondering. I think it abuts to the the planned development on LaSalle that I haven't heard much about recently. I wonder if it could be part of that.
I thought that the Scientologists were long out of the deal next door. That was planned before the economy went bust and the Scientologists began to run out of steam.
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Assuming this building in numbered 700 S. Clark (nothing in that stretch seems to have street numbers on them...) the building permits say:
Description: ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS TO EAST MASONRY EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EXISTING 1-STORY RESTAURANT BUILDING AS PER PLANS.
to call that a "restaurant building is a stretch, it's been nothing but various tire shops and parking garages for at least a decade. I sort of like that facade and am sorry to see it go.
There are other permits for "recoat/recover" and plumbing work.
The use of the word "restaurant" could bode well, I've long thought that would make an interesting restaurant space, but with the facade gone...