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Originally Posted by hawainpanda
To be clear, I'm very much hoping that the redevelopment of the post office is done, but also realized with this building offering 3 million sqft of new office space, it would basically mean that we can expect it to heavily compete with new office constructions in the future and probably decrease the chances of new office construction as well. I may be overthinking this, but I would rather Chicago get new office towers that can add to the chicago skyline.
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Got to disagree here. A development like this at this site would do a lot for Chicago. It pushes density/development/people in a new direction that really has potential. The area to the south/southwest of this is pretty underutilized and dying to be developed. Union station is right there. The blue line Clinton stop is right there. If anything, imagine how awesome it would be to see a highrise go up just to the east of the building and its canyon effect on the Chicago river looking south. That alone would be great.
The gaps in the loop/river north are extremely likely to get filled in with high rises eventually no matter what happens here. Plus, if I really can't see Walgreens pulling the trigger on anything downtown other than this venue. I just can't see them moving into a new skyscraper.
All of that said, it's always been my pipe dream that the post office gets redeveloped into a massive Chicago 1920s gangster themed casino.