CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[rivernorthlurker]

Originally Posted by rgarri4

This lines up with the context massing shown in the 210 Morgan presentation.

Nice work supersleuth!

Originally Posted by Razorback

Here's an article from YIMBY back in September of 2021 that mentions the tower went from a 33-story office project to a residential one. It also mentions the city recommended the developer submit new plans to the Committee of Design.


https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/09/loc...-tower-at.html

Evidence is pretty strong now. Woot!

[rivernorthlurker]

Originally Posted by lakeshoredrive

A very gorgeous design. Looks like it's around 400 to 500 feet tall?

Yes love the design. Even better that it's along the highway and will further fill out the "Canyon on the Kennedy."

[Zapatan]

Ooh nice, I like that design, especially the green space between the towers.

Originally Posted by galleyfox

Doubt it.

Agree, I feel like Chase would go bigger. I wonder if they'll snatch the 130N Franklin site. I know that's been speculated before but it would be awesome.

[rgarri4]

[Zapatan]

Awesome work rgarri.

I briefly forgot about 301 & 321 Whacker, I wonder if those will see the light of day anytime soon.

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by galleyfox

655 W Madison

That's good news. More in the West Loop the merrier. 1.5 million sq/ft, not bad!

[thegoatman]

With how hot the real estate market is in the West Loop, it still puzzles me why they still haven't capped the Kennedy. It would be a net positive for everybody

[Randomguy34]

It's cause no one wants to be the one to pay for it

[BVictor1]

Originally Posted by thegoatman

With how hot the real estate market is in the West Loop, it still puzzles me why they still haven't capped the Kennedy. It would be a net positive for everybody

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

It's cause no one wants to be the one to pay for it

Hmmm... How about this, do air rights and deck over two blocks with towers... Leave open two blocks to the sky and deck over the remainder with park landscaped greenspace? Breaking it up would help control cost and maybe use the air rights purchase by a developer to help fund the park deck

[twister244]

Originally Posted by thegoatman

With how hot the real estate market is in the West Loop, it still puzzles me why they still haven't capped the Kennedy. It would be a net positive for everybody

Probably because there's so many other higher priority roadway infrastructure projects that are in higher priority of project funding.....

[BuildThemTaller]

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

It's cause no one wants to be the one to pay for it

Who owns the air rights over the highway? Is it IDOT or some combination of IDOT and the US DOT?

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by BuildThemTaller

Who owns the air rights over the highway? Is it IDOT or some combination of IDOT and the US DOT?

IDOT would be the key decision-maker. When Steve Fifield tried to get a Kennedy cap built, IDOT clobbered the plan with FUD - terrorism, hazmat, fire safety, you name it.

IDOT won't even allow a small retail building on the existing Hubbard's Cave cap between Wayman and the Metra tracks. We'll see if they allow a private dog park on top of Hubbard's Cave for 354 N Union.

Basically, somebody needs to bring IDOT to heel, and the only person who can do that is the governor.

[Randomguy34]

Unrelated: For folks who wanted a refresher of what we used to consider "booming for the West Loop, rgarri4 amazing model showed what the proposal landscape looked in 2019

Originally Posted by rgarri4

[Rizzo]

The last few years I’ve seen hazardous cargo / materials signage disappear from familiar tunneled interstates. I don’t know what that means if the risk was overstated or tunnel design was better than originally thought. Even just partial caps with air gaps and emergency stairs might reduce the amount of engineering.

[thegoatman]

A proper city

[chris08876]

I believe the towers in the distance with the red cranes are the Randolph ones.




Credit: Rajiv Nanda

[SIGSEGV]

Great shot with a telephoto effect. I should go take a similar shot at sunset...

[rivernorthlurker]

No more waiting on 311 W Huron.

Looks like they are putting those recent permits to quick use.

Originally Posted by marothisu

Speaking of office buildings, 311 W Huron was issued new construction building permit yesterday for the full building. This will be a 15 story office building and will replace a surface parking lot (yay)

https://versorivernorth.com/311-w-huron/

6/29/22

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by Rizzo

The last few years I’ve seen hazardous cargo / materials signage disappear from familiar tunneled interstates. I don’t know what that means if the risk was overstated or tunnel design was better than originally thought. Even just partial caps with air gaps and emergency stairs might reduce the amount of engineering.

I think you can mitigate some of the risk with a deluge sprinkler system for fires and jet fans for toxic spills. Denver just opened a new 1000' tunnel on I-70 that does not have hazmat restrictions.

The crazy thing is that IDOT has apparently never had any hazmat restrictions, in Chicago or elsewhere. Truckers can haul this type of dangerous cargo anywhere in the state, except a few routes in Rockford where the city stepped in.

[SolarWind]

June 27, 2022