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After collecting more than 2,000 names of interested parties during pre-sales, developer Ricker-Murphy is launching sales at Lincoln Park 2520, the high-rise designed by Lucien Lagrange Architects. A 2,700-square-foot model, decorated by Darcy Bonner and Associates, has also opened on-site, at 2520 N Lakeview Ave. Our first unveiling of the design drew dozens of comments, mostly from readers wondering why Lagrange continually shucks off his gift for cutting-edge design for these big-money projects. Answer: just look at the address, folks.
The building is divided into 21-, 39- and 30-story towers, the tallest with a metal-clad mansard roof. The granite and limestone base has a two-story entrance supported by classical columns, and 13 townhomes will line St. James and Deming streets. There’s also a one-plus-acre private park and parking for 625 cars on-site. Amenities in the building include 24-hour door staff, a concierge, a fitness center and an indoor swimming pool. Some of the penthouse units also will have private rooftop gardens. The 312 condos range from one to three bedrooms and 900 to 9,000 square feet, the latter based on the opportunity to combine units into a full-floor home. Prices start in the $550s and could reach to $10 million if units are combined.
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“Uckin Fugly”
It’s like an Orchard Street McMansion exploded.
I don’t think the address should matter really. There seems to be a lot of nice modern designs going up around Central Park in NYC lately. It’s seems more like the neighborhood groups complain that modern designs won’t “fit in” with the existing neighborhood – much like their 60’s and 70’s box highrises.
^ Yes – it’s a completely ‘Nimbyfied’, adulterated, garbage design. Should appeal to the most design-challenged of the Boomer set. Lucien Lagrange should really be ashamed of himself for this…
the worst part about this project is it won’t be hidden in a sea of other tall buildings like the garbage just like it built downtown. there’s always the chance it won’t get it built and someone could design something for 2007 on that site.
I really hope for their sake that the prices are more flexible. 900 square foot one bedroom units “starting” at $550,000? You can get extremely nice 2 bedrooms in the same area for less… and even some 3 bedrooms in that price range.
I saw a diffeent modern design Lagarnge did for the same eclient and site… but from what I hear the client wanted to go with a traditional building, the market studies showed that a modern design would not sell in this location… so Largange was instructed to provide a building with a traditional historic design because that is what the client wanted based on what the buyers wanted and with 2000 interested parties it looks like the client was right… there is a very large market out there for traditionally designed buildings eventhough it seems many who vistit this site do not like it
I wonder how they’ll compete with Trump’s building, the dildo-looking spire, and the countless other high-end properties. Not to mention, anyone who has half a million to spend on a place will want more than one bedroom.
It’ll probably be a very attractive development. Too bad the limestone will only be at the base.
Regardless of what their study found, modern design would sell quite well here. Modern design is selling very well all over the city – north, south, east, west and downtown. And a list of interested people doesn’t really mean anything. What the developer is probably not getting is that the boomer population is not like their design fuddy-duddy parents. This is a demographic with a much more sophisticated aesthetic taste than the retro-trash design pictured above that the developer and Lagrange opted for…
I ageee with Pete’s comment… buyers of $500k + condos typically want more than one bedroom.
I don’t know how the developers of 2520, The Spire and Trump Tower expect people to pay such a high premium over other luxury highrise condo buildings in Chicago. Furthermore, with the state of today’s real estate market it makes me wonder what they’re thinking.
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