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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 7:29 PM
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Crain's is reporting that Sterling Bay landed a tenant for their 370 N Carpenter St. project. The tenant is Uber for 12,000 sf.

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http://www.sterlingbay.net/pages/pro...nmarketdev.php

In the Crain's piece the Uber Midwest Manager was quoted
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"We looked at staying in River North but we bought into the vision Sterling Bay has for the area."
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...chicago-office

Sterling bay is really doing some interesting things. Chicago is so lucky to have them.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 7:44 PM
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Clark/Roosevelt/River Lot

All images from Apple Maps all rights reserved to whoever owns them don't sue me or burn down my house please.

Here's what we're dealing with:



I'm not sure where exactly the southern boundary of the property is because it transitions into Tom Ping Park pretty gracefully. I'd guess the east/west train tracks.

Observations:
  1. While this is a nice chunk of riverfront property, the view directly across the river is pretty much garbage. I'm not sure how much they would want to maximize views of the river when just beyond is a sea of train tracks. Given that, I wonder if they wouldn't want to try to cut an inlet in from the river (an homage to the original path of the river), treat that as their "riverfront", and use tall landscaping to hide the industrial wasteland beyond. Mocked up below:
  2. Holding the corner of Clark and Roosevelt would be very important for integrating the development with the neighborhood and not feeling like a suburban, auto-centric thing-in-a-park project. The elevated grade of Roosevelt, the Clark underpass, and the Metra tracks pose a huge obstacle to this, however. To tightly hold that corner they'd need the city to rework the whole intersection most likely.
  3. The Metra tracks abutting Clark for almost the whole property will also be a constraint, since it all but restricts pedestrian and auto ingress/egress and forces an ugly buffer between any kind of development and the street. No street/sidewalk activation whatsoever.
  4. If built tall enough, the eastern side of a building here could have a lake view. This wouldn't be guaranteed indefinitely, but the nature of Dearnborn Park residences would mark it fairly unlikely for the heights of the immediate neighboring blocks to change very drastically, creating a pretty optimal skyline view situation to NW, N, NE, and E directions.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 7:55 PM
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FYI, New Regal Theater closed the other day. Final price: $100,000, down from $2,400,000 asking price...

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...tor-for-100000

These guys are this buildings best bet at surviving until South Shore recovers.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 8:03 PM
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Also, Soho House is nearing completion. They expect to be opening in August which means they will probably be done with hard construction work by April or May to give them time to train staff and stock the rooms with all the badass decor and trinkets:

http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2...-in-august.php

If you are in the entertainment industry in Chicago and want to hang out at what will soon be one of the coolest places in the city, keep your eyes open for them to start accepting applications. It is hard to get it, but their acceptance criteria are a bit of a mystery, so you have a decent shot at it especially since this is a new location.

The price of membership there is EXTREMELY reasonable at around $1,000 a year. Given the network and amenities that provides to a young artist it is an absolute steal. I know we have several forum members who work in entertainment (I am looking at you Xing) and I highly encourage you to apply. The biggest hurdle is that you need the recommendation of two existing members to apply, however I have a feeling they will be soft on that requirement for the Chicago opening. They also have a thing for getting people under the age of 27 to join, so go for it! Soho House is totally awesome.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 8:09 PM
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Crain's is reporting that Sterling Bay landed a tenant for their 370 N Carpenter St. project. The tenant is Uber for 12,000 sf.

Picture below from Sterling Bay Website:


http://www.sterlingbay.net/pages/pro...nmarketdev.php

In the Crain's piece the Uber Midwest Manager was quoted


http://www.chicagobusiness.com/reale...chicago-office

Sterling bay is really doing some interesting things. Chicago is so lucky to have them.

Google setting the trend... kudos to Sterling for lighting the fire. Excited to see what this area becomes.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 8:40 PM
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A forest of cranes and booms at New City. Full steam ahead, for sure.

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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 8:43 PM
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A forest of cranes and booms at New City. Full steam ahead, for sure.

Such an incredible view from this site. I used to live across the street and the skyline view from our roof deck was just awesome.
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Jewel-Osco names new president, buying 5 more Dominick's
By Jessica Wohl
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2:07 p.m. CST, March 6, 2014

Jewel-Osco’s parent company said that it is buying five additional Dominick’s locations and named the president of its Boston-area division as the new president of Jewel-Osco.

The five former Dominick’s stores that Jewel-Osco plans to remodel and reopen include two that were on the Chicago Mayor’s office Grocery Store Task Force priority list.

The new locations announced on Thursday are: 1763 Howard Street and 424 W. Division in Chicago; 3243 S. 115th St. in Merionette Park; 800 Northwest Highway in Fox River Grove and 345 S. Rand Road in Lake Zurich
full article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/busine...,7417116.story



that leaves only 3 former dominick's locations in the city that haven't found a buyer: the one down in south shore, the one out in norwood park, and the one on ridge up in rogers park.

the city has fared profoundly better than the burbs in getting buyers for the former dominick's stores.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 9:29 PM
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Norwood Park Dominicks is to be a Shop & Save: http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140...park-dominicks
And Ridge is to be a Cermak Foods: http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...park-dominicks

So the only one unsold is South Shore, which was the one everyone was making the most fuss about...

Interesting that, so far, all have remained grocery stores.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 9:56 PM
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^ cool, thanks for the update. i didn't hear about those other two transactions.

that means only 1 remaining unsold dominick's location in the city. i don't think city leaders could have ever dreamed of such a quick and near complete turn around of all city stores. it really is remarkable.
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Dominicks 424 W Division

Sooo... What does this mean for the Jewel at Clark/Division which was to be Jewel under Tower of Jewel? Really too bad as I was fantasizing about the demise of that horrific strip mall complex at Division/Clybourn
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I wonder if the other little rectangular parks will get make overs soon as well. Or better yet, the train tracks would get cover to make one continuous park space.
I hope so. I think frankly that should be given priority over said skate park. I was a bit horrified a few years ago when the city showed plans for the makeshift "park" that didn't cover those tracks but merely screened over the tracks with greenery.

We don't need a whole new Millennium Park II for the southern end. Just a basic decking with some pavers on top would be a great start.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 10:21 PM
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i don't find the rail road tracks that run through grant park to be anywhere near as offensive as the 8-10 lane streets that tear up the park.

i say fix those goddamn ugly-ass way-too-wide streets first! grant park is in desperate need of a road diet.
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Old Posted Mar 6, 2014, 10:52 PM
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i don't find the rail road tracks that run through grant park to be anywhere near as offensive as the 8-10 lane streets that tear up the park.

i say fix those goddamn ugly-ass way-too-wide streets first! grant park is in desperate need of a road diet.
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I wonder if the other little rectangular parks will get make overs soon as well. Or better yet, the train tracks would get cover to make one continuous park space.
Yes to your first point and no to your second point.
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(With stuff to do in the grass).
Just capping off the rail lines are a huge change.
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Emanuel moves to acquire huge South Loop development site

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If the city is involved, I'm thinking casino.
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More forest/greenery over the tracks, more fields and open space over a buried LSD.
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Regarding the 62 acre lot, where would one plop the entry point? I'm assuming that Roosevelt would be the best bet without doing some sort of crazy flyover, but a single point of entry/exit is a kind of scary idea for a LSE-sized piece of property with thousands of people.
OR...
The only means of travel could be by rail; Metra makes a station with a connection to the red line at Chinatown and has a sort of shuttle service.
A little out there?
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Old Posted Mar 7, 2014, 12:10 AM
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that means only 1 remaining unsold dominick's location in the city. i don't think city leaders could have ever dreamed of such a quick and near complete turn around of all city stores. it really is remarkable.
Agreed, though since all of the locations are still in the grocery business, I'm a bit concerned about how this will play out in the long run. Did Dominicks fail because of a flawed business model, or because the city was over-retailed? I'd be interested in seeing some data. What's generally regarded as a sustainable grocery store to resident ratio?
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