CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 65

BVictor1 · #**1281** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 6:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

Soooo 500 N. Milwaukee is going to be called "Kenect." What a garbage name. I'd love to slap the committee that thought-up that spelling

That because it's atop the Blue Line?

emathias · #**1282** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 12:03 PM**

Those water-filled jersey barriers, and men in hard hats and yellow vests on site at former Gino's East this morning

emathias · #**1283** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 12:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by South Side

So how many high rises are under construction in downtown area as of now ? It feels like there more than 20 right now, but I l'm not for sure .

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

click to the first page of this thread and check out the first post. it's a continuously updated list of all the highrise projects and proposals in chicago.

according to the page 1 list, there are currently 29 highrise projects under various stages of construction in chicago right now.

Looks like 23 of them are in the area bounded by Roosevelt, North, Halsted and the lake, with most of the rest within a mile of those boundaries and a couple in Hyde Park.

the urban politician · #**1284** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 12:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by UrbanLibertine

Anyone have an update on the tower proposed on the south side of Chicago Ave near Hudson?

I usually don't worry once a project has landed financing. This one did

chrisvfr800i · #**1285** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 12:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

Went by it the last few weekends - disappointed to see that nothing above ground it looks like. Might be still digging.

Look for a small crew to start this week...weather permitting.

Skyguy_7 · #**1286** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:13 PM**

NINE buildings, $3 Billion, beginning at Roosevelt over the Metra tracks, extending south down LSD to McCormick Place. Condos. Was anyone aware of these plans?

Per Crains

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-off-3-billion

Randomguy34 · #**1287** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

NINE buildings, $3 Billion, beginning at Roosevelt over the Metra tracks, extending south down LSD to McCormick Place. Condos. Was anyone aware of these plans?

Bruh, South Loop is so hot right now it has become fire itself. 3,000 homes AND 500 hotel rooms! That's almost as much as the River South proposal

pilsenarch · #**1288** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:30 PM**

^Yes, I was. It's been part of the Master Plan since Forest City started development...

Not sure if Crain's mentions it, but it will also include a connector road landing @18th St and LSD

Skyguy_7 · #**1289** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:32 PM**

^"it will"? Are you or your Gang involved in the development of this one?

Jerry had even more ambitious plans back in 2008:
"Fogelson and Forest City Enterprises, a large developer based in Cleveland, want to build 3,000 hotel rooms, 4,000 residential units and as much as 300,000 square feet of retail space."

..And also originally had his heart set on this:
"..Fogelson is proposing to build 1.5 million square feet of office space, to be contained in a tall, thin building of potentially 70 stories."

I hope those dreams didn't die with the recession.

http://www.centralstationsouthloop.com/news_020608.asp

Randomguy34 · #**1290** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:36 PM**

^ Well the article only mentions phase I for the project, so maybe the unit counts in the article are only for the 1st phase

Near North Resident · #**1291** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 1:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by r18tdi

Soooo 500 N. Milwaukee is going to be called "Kenect." What a garbage name. I'd love to slap the committee that thought-up that spelling

I can't decide whether to cringe or facepalm

if they're gonna be stupid at least be funny and name it "El Grande" or something

rlw777 · #**1292** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 2:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

NINE buildings, $3 Billion, beginning at Roosevelt over the Metra tracks, extending south down LSD to McCormick Place. Condos. Was anyone aware of these plans?

Per Crains

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-off-3-billion

I knew I remembered seeing a conceptual rendering of this quite a while back.

From gapers block 2008

J_M_Tungsten · #**1293** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 4:00 PM**

Today
Jewel on Clark/Divison is coming down.

BVictor1 · #**1294** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

NINE buildings, $3 Billion, beginning at Roosevelt over the Metra tracks, extending south down LSD to McCormick Place. Condos. Was anyone aware of these plans?

Per Crains

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-off-3-billion

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To accommodate the trains below, the project's nine buildings will rise from platforms 45 to 50 above the ground, Fogelson said.

Those platforms seem extremely tall to allow for train passage. Hopefully they choose someone other than P/H as architects. I don't want to see a row of their towers along LSD.

BrandonJXN · #**1295** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 4:52 PM**

Crews are putting green construction fencing around the site for the 2 Logan Square towers.

sage · #**1296** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 5:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by BrandonJXN

Crews are putting green construction fencing around the site for the 2 Logan Square towers.

Can't wait to see some cranes near my apt!

marothisu · #**1297** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 5:56 PM**

I was looking thru the Crain's real estate news for the last month. Did we miss this one from about 1 month ago?? http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-in-river-west

190-unit apartment building planned in River West

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A Chicago investor wants to build a 190-unit apartment building next to the Kennedy Expressway in River West, adding more rental units to a once-industrial neighborhood.

John (Roger) Kelly, a private investor, developer and landowner, filed a zoning application for a 12-story building at 768 N. Aberdeen St. The site is a block southwest of the Chicago stop on the CTA's Blue Line at the intersection of Chicago, Ogden and Milwaukee avenues.

Kelly owns the development site, a parking lot covering nearly 40,000 square feet, said zoning lawyer John Pikarski, who represents the developer.

This is exciting - especially with that Gonnella Baking Co redevelopment, which by the way was just sold a few weeks ago to the developer who wants to develop it...............................................

Mister Uptempo · #**1298** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 5:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Skyguy_7

NINE buildings, $3 Billion, beginning at Roosevelt over the Metra tracks, extending south down LSD to McCormick Place. Condos. Was anyone aware of these plans?

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-off-3-billion

Just wondering...Is this project going to conflict with the 18th Street Garage planned for that area, which was offered to help move the Lucas Museum along?

i_am_hydrogen · #**1299** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 6:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Near North Resident

I can't decide whether to cringe or facepalm

if they're gonna be stupid at least be funny and name it "El Grande" or something

Almost as bad as "EnV."

OrdoSeclorum · #**1300** Posted **Oct 28, 2015, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

I was looking thru the Crain's real estate news for the last month. Did we miss this one from about 1 month ago?? http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...-in-river-west

190-unit apartment building planned in River West

Huh. Does anyone know what parking lot this is supposed to be on? I live not too far away and can't think if it. And Streetview didn't reveal anything obvious.