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Originally Posted by ardecila
Agreed... but the city could also let them out of the requirement for a 2nd stair. This is only triggered by the change of occupancy, they wouldn't need the 2nd stair if they kept the building as offices.
The building already has a fire escape that could be replaced/refurbished as 2nd means of egress...
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I may be wrong, but doesn't the Chicago building code now require that external fire escapes be replaced with internal fire stairs when there's a substantial renovation? Like when 100 W. Monroe was converted to the Hyatt Centric?