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If you’ve ventured down to the southern end of Streeterville recently (the area bounded by the lake, the river, Michigan Avenue and Ontario Street) you’ll know that it is a study in cranes. I haven’t seen so many cranes crowd a city skyline since I visited Berlin in 1997.According to the Streeterville Organization of Active ...
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Posted by alison on April 26, 2006
We knew that Streeterville was going high-rise crazy, but we’re still a little gobsmacked at the sheer number of condos up for grabs. In 2005, some 1,512 housing units were sold in Streeterville, up from 1,055 in 2004, according to the Chicago Association of Realtors. That all adds up to a fairly crowded Streeterville. From ...
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Posted by alison on April 24, 2006
Vetro is an architecturally innovative new high-rise condo development destined for the South Loop, but we think developer Roszak-ADC is trying to work the whole “cutting-edge, modern” angle a little too hard with this cyberspace-like image of the building’s lobby. Does this mean that construction is scheduled for completion in 2406? If so, we like ...
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Posted by alison on March 31, 2006
Would you pay $1,000 a square foot to live in Chicago’s tallest building? That’s the question on everyone’s lips today, after the Plan Commission on Thursday approved a change in the zoning law to permit the Fordham Company to build the dazzling, 2,000-foot Fordham Spire hotel condo high-rise. The tower would be the tallest building ...
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Posted by alison on March 17, 2006
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