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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
I know it's very close to Polk, but a Pink Line station between 13th and Roosevelt would really allow for intense development in the vacant portion of this area.
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A Pink Line stop at Roosevelt, dumping people between a Jewel loading dock and another parking lot, is a waste of money. I was always opposed to the idea of a Roosevelt stop, given the atrocious land use around the site. It's just a bus transfer that nobody will use.
However, a Pink Line stop at Roosevelt serving a new-build neighborhood at C2-5 density... now we're talking!! Especially if the Jewel strip and the heliport can be redeveloped, this could easily be a development on par with The 78, Lincoln Yards and Michael Reese.
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Originally Posted by Randomguy34
Looks like the Illinois Medical District is being upzoned, and they're implementing parking maximums. For the entire 373 acres, that's a wild amount of units they can build. For C2-5, the maximum amount of units permissible (not including efficiency units) is of order ~80,000 units! It's doubtful they'll build anywhere near that amount, but even a fraction of that is tremendous
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This is indeed fantastic news. Could be Chicago's answer to Mission Bay in SF.