About a month ago we debated desirable densities in the West Loop after the resident group the West Loop Community Organization objected to the scale of a proposed high-rise development at 1260 W Madison St. The Pickus Companies proposed building a two-tower high-rise, but a spokesman for WLCO objected to the scale of the development. Broadly speaking, WLCO would like to see more townhome development to encourage families to remain in the West Loop.
Well here is an update on the Pickus development: the Department of Planning and Development is apparently working with the developer to reconfigure the project and make it more consistent with the Near West Side Plan (go to Department’s Web site and click on “Community Plans”) and more in character with the height of existing and proposed projects in the immediate vicinity, according to an excerpt from a DPD letter to WLCO.
So score one for WLCO. We’ll keep you posted on what happens next.