CHICAGO | General Developments

[marothisu]

An Invest South/West project got a building permit yesterday - the Laramie State Bank redevelopment in Austin. The permit is to build a new 6 story building with 78 units on the mostly vacant site just to the west of the bank.

Streetview of the site: https://www.google.com/maps/place/52...!4d-87.7566321

Rendering via https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/06...city-approval/

[r18tdi]

^ I fear this will look like complete crap after two or three Chicago winters...

[Jibba]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

^ I fear this will look like complete crap after two or three Chicago winters...

It looks bad as a virtual thing in a rendering.

[SolarWind]

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[rivernorthlurker]

Wow!

Originally Posted by SolarWind

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[marothisu]

Demo permit was issued for 4102 N Sheridan to tear down the 1 story building there. The plans are to replace it with a 4 story, 32 unit building with 17 parking spaces. New construction permit isn't issued yet. This site is just a few blocks due north of the Sheridan Red Line stop.

Street view:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/41...!4d-87.6542094

Rendering via https://www.uptownupdate.com/2022/08...-sheridan.html

[mh777]

Originally Posted by SolarWind

November 15, 2022

Maybe I missed it, but what’s going here?

[west-town-brad]

^

their website says they "lost their lease"

if the sheriff is involved they got evicted

[r18tdi]

I say tear the Bellaluna building down and give this area a desperately needed pocket dog park. Or maybe skinny 7-story commercial/medical office building similar to 710 N. Dearborn.

[Rizzo]

I guess I never really noticed that the OCS south elevation really has no acknowledgment of its neighbor. Basically built as though the new plaza space and setback continued all the way through the block. A small cafe with more outdoor space to sit would still be nice there just as long as its a totally different building and not the cinder block sadness currently there

Also thanks for the detailed construction update solarwind

[Ricochet48]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

I say tear the Bellaluna building down and give this area a desperately needed pocket dog park. Or maybe skinny 7-story commercial/medical office building similar to 710 N. Dearborn.

A little park there would be great. One Chicago should buy the land and make good use of it.

[SolarWind]

December 19, 2022

[HomrQT]

Originally Posted by r18tdi

I say tear the Bellaluna building down and give this area a desperately needed pocket dog park. Or maybe skinny 7-story commercial/medical office building similar to 710 N. Dearborn.

Or maybe a a little 4 story boutique building like the two little buildings attached to Rockefeller Center.

[rivernorthlurker]

Ahem, I think you mean the buildings that the Rockefeller Center is attached to

https://www.scoutingny.com/about-tha...-sixth-avenue/

Originally Posted by HomrQT

Or maybe a a little 4 story boutique building like the two little buildings attached to Rockefeller Center.

[BruceP]

Originally Posted by rivernorthlurker

Ahem, I think you mean the buildings that the Rockefeller Center is attached to

https://www.scoutingny.com/about-tha...-sixth-avenue/

Right. The owners of these 2 properties (the other at the north corner of 6th Ave) refused to sell when Rock Center was being built on the 1930's. They were there 1st.

[rivernorthlurker]

Originally Posted by BruceP

Right. The owners of these 2 properties (the other at the north corner of 6th Ave) refused to sell when Rock Center was being built on the 1930's. They were there 1st.

Bellauna Cafe above is a pretty good analogy to that as they refused to sell to JDL for OCS I believe. But as Solar just posted above, seems they've gone out of business (by way of eviction). I wonder what the story is there.

[BruceP]

Originally Posted by rivernorthlurker

Bellauna Cafe above is a pretty good analogy to that as they refused to sell to JDL for OCS I believe. But as Solar just posted above, seems they've gone out of business (by way of eviction). I wonder what the story is there.

Bella Luna wasn't the owner of the building. The "Rock Center" building owners, so the story goes, kept turning down bigger and bigger offers until Rock Center finally told them to go get screwed. Likely, the OCS developers did the same. Those 2 properties likely aren't worth much - given the prime location - since you can't do much with them given their small floorplates. I used to live near Rock Center and the best they could ever do was rent the 1st 2 floors to some retail store or restaurant with the top 2 floors vacant. The Bella Luna site is worth even less. I used to go to Bella Luna 5 or 6 times a year because the food was OK and the prices not bad, but they were never even half full. Being that they were never anything to write home about and the location was crap, COVID probably finally did them in. I stopped going when the owner started vomiting out his right-wing opinions leading up to the 2016 presidential election.