The West Loop Community Organization held a workshop on February 16, 2017, to gather input from the community about needed infrastructure improvements around the neighborhood. NoWL supported this effort with an online survey that garnered feedback from residents. A similar event focused on potential uses of Neighborhood Opportunity Bonus dollars...
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Neighborhood Plan – Executive Summary
Chicago’s West Loop is a neighborhood in rapid transition. With a rich and dynamic history, the area is experiencing unprecedented growth in population, and influx of commercial enterprises, and associated development. This Neighborhood Plan document, written from the perspective of residents, offers this vision for the future of the West Loop:...
Neighborhood Plan – Development & Land Use Recommendations
Prior studies have described the existing and proposed uses of land in the West Loop in great detail. In general, residents wish to see the entire area remain a desirable place to live. To promote this goal, the community envisions a cross-section of West Loop land uses similar to those...
1050 & 1125 W. Van Buren (Tandem Partners)
Development Proposal On Monday, January 8, 2018, and again on Monday, May 14, representatives from Tandem Partners (owner/developer), Antunovich Associates (architect), and Thompson Coburn (attorney) presented a proposal for two residential buildings along Van Buren. The design of the two buildings is influenced by the Chicago School style, with masonry...
Fulton & Ogden, Updated Concept (Trammell Crow)
Development Proposal On Monday, July 9, Johnny Carlson of Trammell Crow returned to our committee (see original meeting summary here) to present a revised concept for a proposed building to be located at the corner of Fulton Market & Ogden. Previously conceived as a 19-story, 198 ft, 315-unit apartment building, the...
1515 W. Monroe (Cedar Street) Letter of Opposition
June 15, 2016 Alderman Jason Ervin, 28th Ward City of Chicago 2602 W. 16th Street, Chicago, IL 60608 Re: 1515 W. Monroe – Rezoning & Application for an Amendment to the Chicago Zoning Ordinance Dear Alderman Ervin, In response to learning that Monroe 1515 LLC is going before the...
1114 W. Fulton Market (FMH Holdings, LLC)
On May 2nd, representatives from developer FMH Holdings, LLC presented their proposal for the upzoning of an existing four-story building located midway between May and Aberdeen Streets on Fulton Market Street. Upzoning the property to DX-5 is proposed 1) to bring the building into compliance and 2) to support a...
1325 W. Randolph (HKS)
Development Proposal On Monday April 09, 2018, Alex Najem, Ross Babel, David Mazzella, Tony Montalato, Karl Gustafson, Kyle Davis of HKS (property owner and architects), along with Meg George of Akerman, LLC presented a proposed 9-story (130 ft.) residential and retail building for the property at 1325 W. Randolph –...
West Loop Chicago Public Library – April 4th Meeting Recap
The West Loop community had an opportunity to learn about the new Fulton-Haymarket Branch of the Chicago Public Library (CPL) on Wednesday, April 4 at Sterling Bay’s space, located at 1034 W. Randolph. This is an initial recap of the meeting. As we receive additional facts from the parties involved in the...
Neighborhood Plan – Outreach
Beginning with a Community Meeting on Development on June 20, 2016, Neighbors of West Loop hosted a series of focus group meetings for each corridor shown in the graphic at right. These meetings were designed to identify residents’ priorities for the future of our neighborhood. The corridor focus group meetings...