The small concrete building at 662 N Hudson Ave in River North (the northwest corner of Erie and Hudson) is finally coming down, presumably to make room for the small park that was always a part of the plans for Parc Huron. (You can see part of it in the rendering at right.) Not sure why it’s necessary, given the fact that the larger and far more amenity-rich Erie Park is practically next door, but hopefully it’ll look nice.
The old bare-bones ParcHuron.com now redirects to a Parc Huron page on RMK Development‘s website. There you can find floor plans for the tower’s 13 tiers and a coupon for $100 off the first month’s rent. Apartments at Parc Huron include one-bedroom / one-baths with 614 to 877 square feet, priced from $1,840 to $2,850, two-bedroom / two-baths with 1,100 to 1,318 square feet, priced from $2,980 to $3,855, and three-bedroom / two-baths with $1,443, priced from $3,605 to $4,055.
Yeah, it does seem unnecessary, and one side of the park is graced by the oppressive blank wall of 451 Huron’s parking garage podium. This would have been a decent location for more residential development (perhaps at lower density than highrises, such as three-story walkups or some such, or even just some mid-density mixed use with small-format retail spaces to provide more local options to the high-income, high-density neighborhood who currently hop in their cars for a large number of their trips. Unless you want to go to Caribou coffee, the dry cleaners, or a small handful of widely scattered restaurants (e.g. Erie Cafe) the retail options in that neck of the woods are pretty bleak until you get well west of Orleans.