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McCaffery Interests
Wrapped in Steel is an hour-and-a-half look at South Chicago, South Deering, East Side and Hegewisch. Jim Martin shot the Emmy-nominated documentary in 1983 and it was broadcast nationally on PBS in 1984. The video begins with a look at the East Side Parade, then-Governor Thompson and 10th Ward Alderman Vrdolyak, and the Washington High ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 13, 2013
Or is McCaffery Interests overly optimistic in anticipating a 25 to 45-year time frame for completion of its Lakeside development? McCaffery Interests posted the above video at YouTube yesterday. It appears to address developers who might have an interest in acquiring land and building on the nearly 600-acre former site of US Steel. From the ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on February 13, 2013
It’s been 10 months since developer Dan McCaffery announced plans for the “full-fledged construction on the main plaza at Roosevelt Collection:” Construction on the property will begin immediately so that we can stay on track to host a Grand Opening before November 1st of this year. In addition to having construction complete by that time, ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on October 22, 2012
As everyone with an interest in the project knows by now, the current proposal for redevelopment of the Children’s Memorial Hospital site in Lincoln Park includes nearly 1,000 apartments in 14-, 24- and 27-story towers and 164,500 square feet of retail space. The proposal, which requires a rezoning of the property, will be discussed at ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 26, 2012
Crain’s and the Sun-Times are both reporting that McCaffery Interests Inc. has been selected as the winning bidder for the redevelopment of the Children’s Memorial Hospital site in Lincoln Park. Few details of the winning proposal, which involves a mix of residential and commercial uses, are available.
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Posted by Joe Zekas on July 14, 2011
Say what? On Thursday, Jam Productions, Live Nation, Ticketmaster, McCaffery Interests, and aldermen Sandi Jackson and John Pope will reveal the details of a three-day, multi-stage music festival planned for… is this right…South Works? That’s the word from Jim DeRogatis, who says the old US Steel grounds may be the site of the Dave Matthews ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on April 5, 2011
Cleaning out the Yo inbox is like digging in between sofa cushions — all sorts of goodies can fall beneath the cracks. Take, for example, the announcement from early March about The Morgan at Loyola Station apartment complex becoming Rogers Park’s first LEED Silver development. The mixed-use complex, located at 1209 W Arthur Ave, owes ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on March 28, 2011
Crain’s Chicago Business is reporting (apparently behind its paywall) that a deal is imminent for the sale of the Roosevelt Collection in the South Loop. The sale of the project, which cost approximately $350 million to build, will fetch between $160 and $175 million, according to the Crain’s report, resulting in the loss of Centrum ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on March 20, 2011
Despite its undeniable audacity and importance, I have trouble working up much interest in the plans to revitalize the South Works site. I can’t get myself past the gnawing feeling that this will be a long-running, costly failure and, for that, an embarrassment to the city. I suspect that whatever success it achieves will come ...
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Posted by Joe Zekas on January 27, 2011
“This will change the entire face of the South Side, which now has the perception as not being a nice place to go. I saw a map the other day, a basic Chicago map, that ended at 74th Street. We need to do something to lift up these peoples lives and do something special.” – ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on December 13, 2010
Trib columnist Blair Kamin digs the broad strokes of the South Works redevelopment plan but hopes developer McCaffrey Interests and architect Antunovich Associates “fine-tune their Virginia model” (the plan is based in part on McCaffrey and Antunovich’s Market Common in Arlington) “and embrace South Works’ special brand of industrial grit.” Read all more Blair’s thoughts ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 17, 2010
When you hear that the old US Steel site in South Chicago won’t be fully redeveloped until 2055, it’s easy to assume that everything will move at a very deliberate pace. I wasn’t expecting McCaffery Interests to set up shop on site by year’s end, that’s for sure. According to a news release from McCaffery, ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on August 13, 2010
The City Council has approved McCaffery Interests‘ plan for a whole lot o’ condos, apartments, and retail spaces at the old US Steel South Works site in South Chicago. Don’t hold your breath, though — McCaffery talks about this development in terms of decades, not years.
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Posted by Joseph Askins on June 9, 2010
“We’re talking about developing a city here, with new schools, roadways, infrastructure, transportation. This area is larger than the Loop.” – Alderman John Pope, 10th Ward, on the quickly advancing plan to redevelop the US Steel South Works site in South Chicago with approximately 3,000 condos and apartments and 1 million square feet of commercial ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on June 4, 2010
Most of the balcony railings are up at Flair Tower, 222 W Erie St, seen here from the northeast. If you look closely, you’ll see a line of sliding glass doors with no corresponding balconies running up the tower’s eastern face. (The western side is the same way.) According to Flair’s leasing staff, these doors ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 13, 2010
The city’s Community Development Commission this afternoon is considering a tax increment financing district for the first phase of the 530-acre South Works steel mill site in South Chicago, according to Crain’s. US Steel and McCaffery Interests‘s “Market Common” plan (rendering at right) calls for more than 17,000 homes, 1 million square feet of retail ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on January 12, 2010
It’s been so long since we’ve dished on the design of a new high-rise that I couldn’t help but snap these pics during my lunch break. I know it seems like we just talked about Flair Tower, but that was before crews trucked in several pre-molded brick-and-concrete panels and turned the eastern end of the ...
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Posted by Joseph Askins on September 23, 2009
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