Project Overview On Monday, April 8, representatives from developer Sterling Bay; architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and attorney DLA Piper presented a revised concept for 345 N. Morgan and a new proposal for 1000 W. Carroll. The property at 345 N. Morgan had previously been presented as a new 9-story...
27th Ward
1100 W. Fulton Market
Project Overview Ross Babel (Base Capital Group), Sophie Bidek (Hartshorne Plunkard Architects), and Emily Fiore (Akerman) presented a proposal for a new office/retail project at the corner of Fulton Market and Aberdeen. The site includes two parcels that are zoned as C1-1, with a 1.2 FAR. One parcel contains an...
West Loop Aldermanic Candidate Forum – Sunday Feb 24, 2019
Please plan to attend the West Loop Aldermanic Candidate Forum sponsored by Neighbors of West Loop. Special thanks to Morgan MFG for hosting. What: West Loop Aldermanic Candidate Forum Where: Morgan MFG – 401 N. Morgan St., Chicago IL Date: Sunday, February 24 at 3:00pm – 6:30pm. Forum starts promptly at...
Welcome, West Loop Branch Library and Skinner West Annex
Much has been written about the West Loop’s gritty past, from the days of the Randolph and Fulton Markets to Skid Row. In the last few decades, the City has made strategic investments in the area, building on the buzz that Harpo Studios and Restaurant Row had created. In 2009,...
1123 W. Randolph
Development Proposal On Monday, December 10 Matt Ferrino and Jon Morgan of 1123 West Randolph LLC and Katie Jahnke Dale of DLA Piper presented a proposed development at 1123 W. Randolph, the southeast corner of Randolph and May Street. The property, located next to the former Market restaurant, is a...
120 N. Green (Main Third Bowl)
Development Proposal On Monday, December 10, representatives of Main Third Bowl, the current owners of 120 N. Green, met with the NoWL Development Committee to present the details of their proposed zoning change to the property, which currently houses Nellcote and RM Champagne Salon on the ground floor. The building owners...
730 W. Randolph (Acosta Ezgur)
Development Proposal On Monday, September 17, 2018, Michael Ezgur of Acosta Ezgur and David Gensch of Hirsch MPG Architects presented a proposed 8-story (126 ft.) office building for the property at 730 W. Randolph. Currently the property is occupied by a vacant lot. The proposed all-brick office building would be...
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...
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 Library Update
West Loop Library Update – March 9, 2018 The Chicago Public Library has responded to our letter of concern regarding the use of the West Loop Library building for regional offices on the second floor. CPL has decided against locating the regional office in the West Loop Library. We are...