CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7

[harryc]

Sept 7



Building a sleep - a horizontal beam to transfer compression. ( I think )




Rush hour over the DanRyan

[harryc]

Sept 7

Foundation work done

[harryc]

Sept 7

[Dasylirion]

Originally Posted by sentinel

I miss Morn too..*gasp*! It would have been amazing had they incorporated him as a gargoyle the cornice!

Wait...was that a DS9 reference?

If so,

[sentinel]

Originally Posted by Dasylirion

Wait...was that a DS9 reference?

If so,

Aye, it was

[BVictor1]

160 N. Morgan (Updated)

[CrazyCres]

(Maybe?) New Brochure for 1000 W Carroll:
https://live-sb-wp-api.pantheonsite....E_Brochure.pdf

New Brochure for 1400 W North Avenue:
https://live-sb-wp-api.pantheonsite....400W_North.pdf

New website for 360 North Green:
https://360northgreen.com/

Brochure 360 North Green:
https://live-sb-wp-api.pantheonsite....360n_green.pdf

Vimeo video of 360 North Green:
https://vimeo.com/446880622

New Renders:

[Randomguy34]

Wild that Sterling Bay is already considering expansions of LY with 1400 W North Ave even though they haven't broken ground yet

[colemonkee]

Wow, if everything in the last few posts gets built, that will be amazing. I personally like the current design of 160 N. Morgan vs. the previous one.

[Steely Dan]

new renderings of the Immaculata High School redevelopment up in Buena Park, courtesy of Chicago Yimby. the new tower is proposed at 22 floors.







source: https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/09/rev...-approval.html

[marothisu]

The new design for 160 N Morgan looks a little bit like some of the newer towers in Brooklyn that don't make the national architecture/construction news too much.

[twister244]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

source: https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/09/rev...-approval.html

Nice! Great to see a new highrise potentially going up that far north.

[Randomguy34]

Not including Lincoln Yards, here's a list of Sterling Bay's active projects. This isn't even including all of their purchases of existing buildings.

U/C:
300 N. Michigan
345 N. Morgan

Soon/likely to start:
ALLY (1229 W. Concord)
1000 W. Caroll
1200 W. Caroll

Active proposals:
360 N. Green
330 N. Green
160 N. Morgan
1400 W. North
1245 W. Fulton
1325 W. Fulton

I've heard from Sterling Bay before that they're bullish on an office boom post-pandemic. I'm surprised though they've earned the confidence of J.P. Morgan, they're the primarily financial advisor and backer, to pursue all of these projects. Watching them further grow and establish themselves as a dominate presence in the city's physical, and potentially political, landscape will be a bit terrifying to say the least

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

new renderings of the Immaculata High School redevelopment up in Buena Park, courtesy of Chicago Yimby. the new tower is proposed at 22 floors.

Design looks better than I expected. Here's hoping more of the lowrise north lakefront sites finally get developed

[ardecila]

Some interesting tidbits in that 1400 W North brochure. There is a "Steelyard" concept for just north of 1229 W Concord/ALLY. Just a massing model but it looks like a pedestrian plaza with several residential buildings around it. Could be pretty nice as a focus area for Lincoln Yards South to have some dining/retail options and public space.

Also there is a weird truck in the rendering on the Besly Billboard slide, with Rivian logo and Lincoln Yards logo. Why Rivian specifically? Maybe they just wanted a trendy vehicle, but maybe there is something more going on...

[Randomguy34]

^ Sterling Bay mentioned "Steelyard" in a presentation they gave several months back. Here are renderings from the Lincoln Yards thread:

Originally Posted by Randomguy34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tUErKVJMZY

[the urban politician]

^ I love the dude rolling up on a scooter

[ardecila]

I think this is fine actually. Seems very similar to something you'd see in the Netherlands.
https://goo.gl/maps/L8P3bVGqTiE1Zg786
https://goo.gl/maps/BVHjzzgp4CcmGbCo9

I don't see any of the usual bugbears of Chicago urbanism - blank parking podiums, poor street design, etc.

[west-town-brad]

did SB commit to a bridge connection at concord place?

otherwise, given the current geographically, the south section of LY seems isolated even though it's in the middle of a few major neighborhoods...

kind of a campus feel

[ardecila]

Originally Posted by west-town-brad

did SB commit to a bridge connection at concord place?

otherwise, given the current geographically, the south section of LY seems isolated even though it's in the middle of a few major neighborhoods...

kind of a campus feel

Unclear; it appears to be tied up in the fight over General Iron.

If SB wants to build a bridge, they have the TIF funding to do so; this is an authorized project in the RDA. The RDA refers to the Concord Place extension and bridge as a single project, so potentially SB can build only the extension to the river and call the project complete. They are already planning to use TIF funding for the extension to the river in conjunction with the new ALLY building. However, SB does not have the power of eminent domain to take property on the Kingsbury side of the river (Stone Source warehouse) for the bridge approach on that side. They have to reach a voluntary agreement with the owner of the Stone Source warehouse to sell that property - looks like it is the same investor who owns the strip mall with Best Buy/West Elm and Binnys.

Alternatively, they can wait to see who buys the General Iron property and partner with them to build a pedestrian bridge a little further north. SB has already indicated they do not want to buy General Iron (this is puzzling to me but whatever). However, the investor (Skolnik) who owns the Stone Source building DOES want to buy General Iron. The plot thickens.

[SolarWind]

August 4, 2021