The past year has been another cycle of extraordinary development in our neighborhood. The Neighbors of West Loop Development Committee has worked hard to keep up with everything, help residents understand the impacts of each new project, gather input from the community, and relay our positions to the West Loop aldermen. Since January we...
Fulton Market Innovation District
820 W. Fulton Market (Thor Equities)
Development Proposal Monday evening, May 10, 2017, on behalf of Thor Properties, Sophie Bidek of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture and Katie Jahnke Dale of DLA Piper Law presented a proposal for the construction/rehabilitation of the 820 W. Fulton Market properties (816-824 W. Fulton Market). The proposal includes the renovation of an...
1001 W. Fulton (Vequity, LLC)
Development Proposal On Monday, Monday February 13, 2017, Chris Ilekis of Vequity, LLC and of Ilekis Associates (architect/planner) presented a proposed 5-story retail/restaurant and office building for the property at 1001 W. Fulton Market. At present, the property is a vacant lot. The 3,200-square foot property is currently zoned as...
166 N. Aberdeen (MCZ Development)
Development Proposal On Monday, January 09, 2017, architects Gary Kohn, Vladimir Andrejevic, and Basil Souder of SCB (Solomon Cordwell Buenz) along with Todd Mullen and Michael Lerner of MCZ Development presented a proposed 20-story (~238 ft.) residential and retail building for the property at 166 N. Aberdeen – formerly Fabbri...
170 N. Green – Second Presentation (Bridgford Foods Site)
Development Proposal On Monday, January 9, 2017, Richard Bridgford of Bridgford Food Corporation property owner, attorney Richard Klawiter of DLA Piper, and architect Megan Zack of Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture presented a revised proposal for a structure on the site of the Bridgford Foods, which sits within the “Lake Street Business and...
Fulton & Ogden (Trammell Crow)
Development Proposal On Monday, January 09, 2017, Johnny Carlson of Trammell Crow Chicago Development Inc. along with Aaron Roseth of ESG Architects presented a proposed 19-story (~198 ft.) residential and retail building for the property at 213 – 233 N. Ogden and 1367 – 1377 N. Fulton Market. Currently the...
NOWL night at Kit and Ace 9.29.16
Last night it was NOWL night at Kit and Ace and one of the developers involved in many past, current and future West Loop projects, Jeff Shapack, addressed a crowd of about fifty West Loop residents, including Ald. Burnett (27th Ward.) Mr. Shapack, founder & CEO of Shapack Partners, shared his experiences...
845 W Madison (John Buck Company)
Representatives from the John Buck Company presented to the NOWL Development Committee about a proposed residential structure with four towers up to 17 stories (189 ft) in height. The building would include 620 rental units ranging from studios (550 sq ft average size) to three-bedroom units (1,150 sq ft), 6,700...
1032 W. Fulton
Date: Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016 During the February Development Committee meeting (2/8/16), representatives from Summit Design + Build (developer, owner), Hartstone Plunkard Architeture, and attorney DLA Piper presented a proposed expansion of the three-story building located at 1032 W. Fulton (corner of Carpenter and Fulton). The developer plans to build...
1330 W Fulton (Sterling Bay)
At the November meeting of the NOWL Development Committee, Scott Goodman with Sterling Bay presented their concept for a new office building with ground floor retail and an attached parking garage at 1330 W. Fulton Street. Known as Fulton West, the project would complete a partially-built structure that was originally...