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October 2, 2023

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October 3, 2023

[Sohcatoah]

Can someone help me identify what is the construction that is occurring right off of 90? I have seen it going on for a while and it looks massive, but for some reason I have been unable to find anything on it. I thought it may be Bally's but I don't think that is under construction right now? It is right by Goose Island or Lincoln Yards

[gebs]

Originally Posted by Sohcatoah

Can someone help me identify what is the construction that is occurring right off of 90? I have seen it going on for a while and it looks massive, but for some reason I have been unable to find anything on it. I thought it may be Bally's but I don't think that is under construction right now? It is right by Goose Island or Lincoln Yards

This one?
Block Club

[Sohcatoah]

Originally Posted by gebs

This one?
Block Club

That's the one! Great find! Thank you! How did you end up finding this article?

[gebs]

Originally Posted by Sohcatoah

That's the one! Great find! Thank you! How did you end up finding this article?

I Google'd "chicago warehouse construction" and sifted through the News results.

[Via Chicago]

Looks like this could be a nice little adaptive reuse

https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/10/cit...museum-mexican



City Panel Endorses Plan to Sell Vacant Little Village Fire Station to National Museum of Mexican Art

A key city panel endorsed on Tuesday a measure that would sell a vacant Little Village fire station to the National Museum of Mexican Art for $1, to be used to expand Yollocalli Arts Reach, which offers free programs for teens and young adults.

With the unanimous endorsement of the City Council’s Housing and Real Estate Committee, the final vote on the proposal to sell the fire station is scheduled to take place at the next regular meeting of the Chicago City Council.

The fire station at 2538 S. Whipple St. was in use for more than a century but has been vacant since 2011 when a new fire station was built two blocks away. The Chicago Historic Resources Survey determined the two-story structure is significant in the context of the surrounding community.

The old fire station, which an appraisal found to be worth $29,000, is set to be transformed into a gallery, gathering space and community center. The museum will restore the architecturally significant portions of the building, including its spiral staircase, and seek landmark designation from the city, according to the redevelopment proposal.

The fire station is set to be the second location for Yollocalli, which was founded in 1997 and moved from Pilsen to the Little Village Boys and Girls Club in 2013.

In 2019, the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization and the Delta Institute proposed transforming the vacant fire station into a commercial kitchen for street vendors on the city’s Southwest Side.

That proposal was a finalist for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation’s $10 million Chicago Prize, but was not selected.

[Jibba]

Hugo

[r18tdi]

Johnson budget raises concern over fate of LaSalle Street plan

RIP LaSalle Street Reimagined

[Klippenstein]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

Johnson budget raises concern over fate of LaSalle Street plan

RIP LaSalle Street Reimagined

I didn’t read the article, but my guess is a project or two will get funded, but not all 5 (?) like LL was hoping.

[Kngkyle]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

Johnson budget raises concern over fate of LaSalle Street plan

RIP LaSalle Street Reimagined

Not sure it was a great idea for taxpayers to bailout commercial landlords in the first place. The city should do what it can to cut red tape and encourage these conversions but subsidies in the amounts that were being talked about is/was a bridge too far.

[pullmanman]

Was browsing around some of the smaller local papers today and found a few projects that would probably fit the "Urban Development in the Burbs" thread except they're in the city, just barely.

Nadig Newspapers: Mixed-use development with up to total of 80 units proposed for M.J. Suerth funeral home site in Edison Park

Two mixed-use buildings, each with first-floor commercial and up to 40 residential units on the upper floors and 30 to 40 indoor parking spaces, is being proposed for the M. J. Suerth Funeral Home site, 6754 N. Northwest Hwy., in Edison Park.

The 41st Ward Zoning Advisory Committee will discuss the proposal at its meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at Olympia Park fieldhouse, 6566 N. Avondale Ave.

The proposal calls for B3-5 zoning, the densest for a neighborhood business district. The committee’s votes serve as a recommendation to Alderman Anthony Napolitano.

Nadig Newspapers: Zoning proposal sparks conversation about future of Devon-Central business area in Edgebrook

A preliminary proposal for 5400-16 W. Devon Ave. calls for the construction of a five-story building with 52 apartments, 42 parking spaces and about 5,000 square feet of first-floor commercial space
The proposal requires the densest zoning classification, B3-5, for a neighborhood business district, as up 106 apartments would be allowed on the 21,240-square-foot parcel, although the zoning ordinance likely would include a “Type 1” restriction limiting the number of units to 52 or whatever the agreed upon number is.

A rooftop recreational deck is being considered, and access to the 42 ground-floor parking spaces would be accessible from the rear alley.

Both Metra-adjacent with the potential for less than one parking spot per unit, which is about as urban as you can get given the locations. If anyone lives in the 41st Ward they should go to that meeting... I have a feeling it will be overwhelmingly negative.

[Randomguy34]

DOM Properties received construction permits for another mixed-use building in Bronzeville (503 E Pershing): 5 stories, 32 units, 16 parking spots + retail. This is adjacent to their other development at 451 E Pershing.

[mh777]

A Fulton Market District developer has abandoned plans to bring a 10-story condo building to the northwest corner of Madison and Morgan streets, opting instead for a long-term, build-to-suit lease with a New York-based modern bathhouse.

Fulton Street Cos. shifted away from that plan because the firm saw Chicago’s condo market taking a turn for the worse and could not justify the increasing cost of construction, said CEO Alex Najem.

Source

What a shame, now we get this:



Instead of this:

[r18tdi]

What the fuck is that?

[Toasty Joe]

damn that was one of the better looking proposals out there

[r18tdi]

Originally Posted by Toasty Joe

damn that was one of the better looking proposals out there

Not quite as detailed and sexy as Embry, but gives off a similar general vibe.