CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 19

harryc · #**361** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 1:51 AM**

Seen From Grand / Franklin 9/8

harryc · #**362** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 1:52 AM**

It's beige neighbor

harryc · #**363** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 1:59 AM**

the urban politician · #**364** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 2:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by harryc

Seen From Grand / Franklin 9/8

Ahhhh yes, Harry. Now that's a sweet view

ithakas · #**365** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 2:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

Here it is the moment I have been waiting for a long time the first artist rendering of River South.

Not bad really, but I wish they kept the density up south of River City. This also could use a signature tower.

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https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...02022582,d.aWw

Feeling underwhelmed...perhaps it's such a big project they spent money on a rendering for a detailed massing study? Though I'm not sure what I'm talking about. This, however, feels like a number of suburban office towers crammed together without empty expressway separating them. Not feeling the genius of Ralph Johnson here, though I hope I'm missing something...

munchymunch · #**366** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 2:43 AM**

Looks like it to me.

harryc · #**367** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 2:45 AM**

^^^ I would think that the guaranteed views over the river - along with dock privileges - would warrant much taller towers.

marothisu · #**368** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by MultiModal

Guaranteed parking for exclusive use of parish. The church will own the spots.

Glad to hear a church being smart. Unlike Holy Name with a giant parking lot it could make tens of millions off of and cut the same type of deal.

wierdaaron · #**369** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:22 AM**

FitzGerald is the architect.

The old lady bitching about traffic was doing the same thing for the Onni Grand/Orleans meeting. Alderman said he considers that project dead.

wierdaaron · #**370** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

Ahhhh yes, Harry. Now that's a sweet view

We don't call attention to it.

BVictor1 · #**371** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by MultiModal

ASSUMPTION CHUCH JOHN BUCK APARTMENT TOWER

Fitzgerald is architect

Adding an additional floor to the priory + making it handicap accessible.

Guaranteed parking for exclusive use of parish. The church will own the spots.

245 apartments

35 parking spots for the church. 109 TOTAL spaces

The bottoms facade is brick (4 floors) rest is blue glass. Will upload later.

Retail: corner Franklin/Illinois - 3,000 RSF

Parking entrance in alley

Rooftop amenity floor

333 w Hubbard lady was freaking out about her views. But the alderman actually told her that she is ridiculous and the general consensus of the crowd was pretty pro build.

The tower will have additional lighting to give the stain glass light effect.

Reilly actually said he had learned that less parking means less cars.

19 month construction timetable.
No basement

In addition, the tower will bring in $800,000 per year in property tax revenue on a site that's currently not generating none.

There was one lady who said views and light would be blocked. She then said that "tough luck right"? A number of people in the crowd said YES...

the urban politician · #**372** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:28 AM**

The Onni project is "dead"? Why?

wierdaaron · #**373** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:31 AM**

Since it's such a complicated and negotiated project there probably isn't a real number you could really say Assumption sold their parking lot for, but it'd be nice to know if there's a real dollar value they could put on the land sale itself. The angle I'd approach this from is "church sells their wasted parking lot for huge bucks!" to hopefully incept the idea into other downtown property owners that they could make some quick cash by selling their useless surface lots to someone who'd do something with it.

BVictor1 · #**374** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by ithakas

Feeling underwhelmed...perhaps it's such a big project they spent money on a rendering for a detailed massing study? Though I'm not sure what I'm talking about. This, however, feels like a number of suburban office towers crammed together without empty expressway separating them. Not feeling the genius of Ralph Johnson here, though I hope I'm missing something...

Right now it's just massing programming. They setting placement and spaces. Hopefully each tower will have an individual identity. Remember that only the plan for the northern 7 acres has been released.

wierdaaron · #**375** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

The Onni project is "dead"? Why?

I need to follow up. I hope it wasn't just because of the Sexton nimbys pitching a fit at that meeting. My soul is going to wither and die if that ridiculous display of histrionics actually got them their way. The vibe I got from the way Reilly said it was that they didn't have their numbers in line, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's just that they're a Canadian developer and they don't know how the game is played in Ward 42.

munchymunch · #**376** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:34 AM**

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Not a bad tower at all, nice glass facade. An all around decent looking tower not spectacular but good.

What is the tall building in the background I'm trying to figure out what that is.

wierdaaron · #**377** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:37 AM**

That River South massing reminds me too much of Illinois Center. Things don't seem to go very well when you let someone design a huge multi-building project in one swing. I think in a perfect world that land would get parceled out to multiple developers so it could form its own identity as a neighborhood and not have an identity chosen for it.

emathias · #**378** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 3:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by MultiModal

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Reilly actually said he had learned that less parking means less cars.
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Is this real life?

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

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Please tell me where the portal is that allowed you to travel from your alternate universe into this one.

Reilly's been saying that for a few years now. It's about the only rational thing he says, but he's been pretty consistent about it.

I still think someone should run against him.

BVictor1 · #**379** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by munchymunch

Not a bad tower at all, nice glass facade. An all around decent looking tower not spectacular but good.

What is the tall building in the background I'm trying to figure out what that is.

A decapitated Trump Tower?

BVictor1 · #**380** Posted **Sep 9, 2015, 4:35 AM**

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...02022582,d.aWw

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During the year, Lend Lease acquired its first major development projects in the gateway cities of Boston, New York and Chicago. The largest was a joint venture with CMK in Chicago, which delivers Lend Lease the opportunity to develop a major urban regeneration site called River South. The development pipeline for the Americas increased to $2.8 billion, which includes the full value of the US$1.5 billion River South development in Chicago (should the Lend Lease/CMK joint venture elect to complete all future phases).