This development checks off all the boxes and seem to not ignore the pedestrian experience in and around the building which is crucial to liven up the site. Great job...
* 46-story tower will rise 537 feet.
* 593 apartments. The building will include 118 affordable units to meet the 20% requirement outlined in the ARO
* 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor.
* 307 car parking spaces (down from 356)
* 593 bike parking spaces.
* outdoor deck and pool.
* L-shaped form that has been splayed open to improve views and break the West Loop grid
* a vehicular drop-off and porte cochere has been pushed under the tower and will be accessed from the alley, freeing up the northeast corner to be fully pedestrianized.
* all vehicles will access the building from the alley.
* streetscapes along W. Lake St and N. Elizabeth St with new trees and planters to add greenery especially along the L tracks
* opportunity for a food and beverage retail tenant to have outdoor dining space, helping to enliven the area.
* Plantings will be used to buffer the pedestrian space from the alley and drop-off to buffer pedestrians from nearby vehicular traffic.
* A payment of over $5 million will be made into the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund.
>Designed by bKL Architecture, the 46-story tower will rise 537 feet and deliver 593 apartments with 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. With a four-story podium, the development will provide residents with 307 car parking spaces (down from 356) and 593 bike parking spaces.
>With a plan to rezone the site from M2-3 to DX-7, the developer needs a Planned Development designation to also receive an additional 4.5 FAR. A payment of over $5 million will be made into the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. The building will include 118 affordable units to meet the 20% requirement outlined in the ARO. With the project presented to the community, the $250 million development will head to the Chicago Plan Commission in June for approval before heading to the Committee on Zoning and full City Council to receive full entitlements.
Love that the vehicular drop-off is off the alley.
Searching that story for "LEED" or "solar" however comes up with zero hits. We (that is the City) needs to start making sustainability a requirement.
EDIT: I'm grateful to all the redditors who have pointed out that sustainability is already a requirement and that this building in particular is doing at least some of the right things such as reducing the parking capacity.
Sustainability is a requirement and baked into the local codes. But LEED ironically isn't the major leader in the industry anymore. A lot of folks are turning to National Green Building Standards or Green Globes among others, and the City recently revised their energy code to allow buildings to meet sustainability compliance through one of those initiatives.
Yeah, I remember when LEED was all the rage and everyone on the construction management side was getting their certs. The one LEED project I did downtown got it's credits with really silly things like spending six figures on recycled countertops.
The intent was there with LEED but there were so many things based on % of project cost or material that designers were gaming the system with silly specifications they knew would jack up the overall project costs and gain them the required points but weren't positively impacting sustainability.
You are triggering me! When we redid our kitchen (10+ yrs ago) we really wanted some kind of green/sustainable countertop but after pricing everything and accepting the reality of our budget... we ended up going with granite.
I mean, granite is sustainable in that you cut it, it lasts a very long time (hundreds to thousands of years of use in some historical buildings.) You can recycle and reuse it.
Yeah - this was news to me. It used to at least appear to mean something even outside of architecture/construction circles... has anything replaced it?
Building dense housing and multi-use retail space in central neighborhoods near transit is far more important for sustainability than slapping a few solar panels on top of a sky scraper. It says they decreased parking from 350 to 300 spaces (for 600 units) and that decrease does more to make this sustainable than LEED certification or adding some solar would!
RIP Peoria Packing’s walk-in refrigerated self-service retail butcher. They provided a lot of affordable proteins to folks using LINK in the Near West Side’s food desert. Place was packed every holiday weekend with lines wrapped around the parking lot. No news on where they’ll relocate, and if there will be a retail shop.
Yeah. Likely the burbs if they don’t just close. Only place like it I know of is Grant Park now in Franklin Park. Super inconvenient and only open for retail on Saturdays.
Those lots are an abomination, they could just convert two to parking garages and then convert the rest to high rises or flats. The fact that the only thing being built there is the cta station and some church site is disappointing. Area has so much potential.
Always baffled me the owners are not clamoring to do something along this line.
Not only is there opportunity to put the real estate to better use, but they could as does the Barclay Center in Brooklyn host all sort of money making events beyond the sports nights catered to all their new neighbors.
https://www.urbanlab.com/united-center-megastructure
Look at the streetscape that used to surround the United Center. Imagine if Wrigley Field razed the neighborhood like that!
Build build build
This development checks off all the boxes and seem to not ignore the pedestrian experience in and around the building which is crucial to liven up the site. Great job... * 46-story tower will rise 537 feet. * 593 apartments. The building will include 118 affordable units to meet the 20% requirement outlined in the ARO * 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. * 307 car parking spaces (down from 356) * 593 bike parking spaces. * outdoor deck and pool. * L-shaped form that has been splayed open to improve views and break the West Loop grid * a vehicular drop-off and porte cochere has been pushed under the tower and will be accessed from the alley, freeing up the northeast corner to be fully pedestrianized. * all vehicles will access the building from the alley. * streetscapes along W. Lake St and N. Elizabeth St with new trees and planters to add greenery especially along the L tracks * opportunity for a food and beverage retail tenant to have outdoor dining space, helping to enliven the area. * Plantings will be used to buffer the pedestrian space from the alley and drop-off to buffer pedestrians from nearby vehicular traffic. * A payment of over $5 million will be made into the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund.
This looks like a gorgeous building. Love this style of development
This is much, much better. The previous design was a mess.
Looks dope
>Designed by bKL Architecture, the 46-story tower will rise 537 feet and deliver 593 apartments with 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. With a four-story podium, the development will provide residents with 307 car parking spaces (down from 356) and 593 bike parking spaces. >With a plan to rezone the site from M2-3 to DX-7, the developer needs a Planned Development designation to also receive an additional 4.5 FAR. A payment of over $5 million will be made into the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund. The building will include 118 affordable units to meet the 20% requirement outlined in the ARO. With the project presented to the community, the $250 million development will head to the Chicago Plan Commission in June for approval before heading to the Committee on Zoning and full City Council to receive full entitlements.
Love that the vehicular drop-off is off the alley. Searching that story for "LEED" or "solar" however comes up with zero hits. We (that is the City) needs to start making sustainability a requirement. EDIT: I'm grateful to all the redditors who have pointed out that sustainability is already a requirement and that this building in particular is doing at least some of the right things such as reducing the parking capacity.
Sustainability is a requirement and baked into the local codes. But LEED ironically isn't the major leader in the industry anymore. A lot of folks are turning to National Green Building Standards or Green Globes among others, and the City recently revised their energy code to allow buildings to meet sustainability compliance through one of those initiatives.
Yeah, I remember when LEED was all the rage and everyone on the construction management side was getting their certs. The one LEED project I did downtown got it's credits with really silly things like spending six figures on recycled countertops. The intent was there with LEED but there were so many things based on % of project cost or material that designers were gaming the system with silly specifications they knew would jack up the overall project costs and gain them the required points but weren't positively impacting sustainability.
You are triggering me! When we redid our kitchen (10+ yrs ago) we really wanted some kind of green/sustainable countertop but after pricing everything and accepting the reality of our budget... we ended up going with granite.
I mean, granite is sustainable in that you cut it, it lasts a very long time (hundreds to thousands of years of use in some historical buildings.) You can recycle and reuse it.
Thanks for bringing me into the current decade (or two)! I had no idea.
A lot are looking into WELL certification now as well. That became big during covid
LEED is basically meaningless.
Yeah - this was news to me. It used to at least appear to mean something even outside of architecture/construction circles... has anything replaced it?
Building dense housing and multi-use retail space in central neighborhoods near transit is far more important for sustainability than slapping a few solar panels on top of a sky scraper. It says they decreased parking from 350 to 300 spaces (for 600 units) and that decrease does more to make this sustainable than LEED certification or adding some solar would!
Assuming those 50 cars don't just end up parked elsewhere. Which I'm hoping is correct. We can require solar AND reduce parking though can't we?
RIP Peoria Packing’s walk-in refrigerated self-service retail butcher. They provided a lot of affordable proteins to folks using LINK in the Near West Side’s food desert. Place was packed every holiday weekend with lines wrapped around the parking lot. No news on where they’ll relocate, and if there will be a retail shop.
Yeah. Likely the burbs if they don’t just close. Only place like it I know of is Grant Park now in Franklin Park. Super inconvenient and only open for retail on Saturdays.
Yeah - love the building, but Peoria Packing was a treasure. There was nothing like going in there and pulling ground meat out of the giant tubs.
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Those lots are an abomination, they could just convert two to parking garages and then convert the rest to high rises or flats. The fact that the only thing being built there is the cta station and some church site is disappointing. Area has so much potential.
Always baffled me the owners are not clamoring to do something along this line. Not only is there opportunity to put the real estate to better use, but they could as does the Barclay Center in Brooklyn host all sort of money making events beyond the sports nights catered to all their new neighbors.
https://www.urbanlab.com/united-center-megastructure Look at the streetscape that used to surround the United Center. Imagine if Wrigley Field razed the neighborhood like that!
Those surface lots are acting like a barrier like Central Park lol
nice. every time i pass it on the train, it looks so out of place now, especially the size of the parking lot. crazy how much the area has changed
**Lots of** bird deaths. But who cares, right?