Those of you who’ve kept up with the development of Museum Park in recent years should remember the rendering above, which couples the now completed One Museum Park towers (on the left) with two high-rises proposed for the block of Roosevelt Road between Michigan and Indiana avenues.
This afternoon a tipster sent pointed us toward a PDF teaser from Jones Lang LaSalle promoting Central Station LLC’s site to investors. According to the document, the 88,000 square-foot lot is a part of the Central Station Planned Development District, and is zoned for 2.1 million square feet of total floor space, up to 1,200 residential units, 325,000 square feet of commercial / retail space, up to 1,500 hotel rooms, and building heights of 790 to 900 feet. The parcel already has all entitlements and utilities (including fiber optic) in place to accommodate a mix of uses.
Although I don’t really like the individual designs, I do hope that these get built.
i think we have a plethora of available new units for sale in the sloop. im not sure what the sales/closing figures are at tower 1 and tower 1 west, but it sure seems more vacant than occupied. i don’t see these proposed towers going up anytime soon. id say at least 10 years out, considering the impeding collapse of the market which the fed has artificially propped up so all the ppl in the know can unload their shares at these nice prices, comparatively speaking. pump n dump…its classic.
Sheridan B:
Well, the building at far right is more a representation of elevation than anything. Interestingly enough, in the PDF there’s a similar nondescript placeholder for the building second from right, instead of the more fleshed-out design in the version I embedded.
I really hope they cant find any money. Its already bad enough they have left two hideous scars on the Grant Park landscape, letting them and the clueless wonders at Pappageorge Haymes finish their south wall disasterpiece would be a crime.
I actually like the massing on the right, it’s the “sail” on the middle right building I can’t stand.. The existing buildings came out well, compared to their original renderings, and are certainly an improvement on the now (thankfully) hidden original exposed concrete framed buildings.
That would be a great location for a downtown Wal-Mart.
The renderings are placeholders — as Joe says, on the left is a concept from Papageorge, and on the right is a true placeholder simply indicated the possible height/density of what could go there. What’s being marketed is 88,000 square-feet of land which is zoned and entitled for 2.1 million square feet of total floor space, up to 1,200 residential units, 325,000 square feet of commercial / retail space, up to 1,500 hotel rooms, and building heights of 790 to 900 feet. Anything between the vacant parcels today and those upper limits would be allowed, design-wise.