CHICAGO | 1300 W Lake | 537 FT | 46 FLOORS

[Jibba]

Looks like an improvement to me. The relation between the volumes looks more deliberate. I imagine this will look quite dynamic in person with all of the angles and cladding and facade variation.

[Steely Dan]

^ yeah, it definitely looks better.

Not that they polished it into the Taj Mahal or anything....

But better is better than worse.

[ChiPlanner]

I'll bet this turns out like Cirrus and Cascade in LSE- very, very, average, but not particularly offensive (as initially envisioned).

[r18tdi]

I know Loukas Development did The Van Buren mid-rise apartments in Greektown, but have they ever attempted a project of this scale? They may be hoping to land a JV partner on this one.

[Jibba]

Also, I'm assuming there's an ideal plan for these residential towers to reconcile the FAR with views and floorplate optimization etc. of these larger, squarish sites of old meat-packing facilities. Probably not a coincidence that the form of this one is similar to that of 1234 Randolph.

[Randomguy34]

Plan Commission presentation is up, it also shows the tower's original design. The original design looks way better than the current proposal


https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/...tion_DRAFT.pdf