Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Development

Without Planning, Mega Parking Lot Could Replace Megamall

By Steven Vance | Aug 25, 2014 | 49 Comments

Terraco and Sierra U.S., two commercial real estate firms, have started marketing to potential tenants space within a new development at the site of the defunct Megamall, along Milwaukee Avenue northwest of Sacramento Avenue in Logan Square. Marketing documents published by Curbed Chicago show a new building housing 166,390 square feet of retail, including a supermarket and […]

Logan Square Transit-Oriented Development: Less Parking, More Walkability

By Steven Vance | Jul 30, 2014 | 23 Comments

A pioneering developer of car-free apartments is looking to continue building car-lite residences. Curbed Chicago reports that Rob Buono, who was behind constructing 1611 W Division in Wicker Park, is proposing two mid-rise residential towers in Logan Square along Milwaukee Avenue near the California Blue Line station. The two towers, one 14 stories and the […]

New Grocery’s City-Mandated Car Parking, Not Buses, Will Congest Broadway

By Steven Vance | Jul 25, 2014 | 21 Comments

Some East Lakeview neighbors are unhappy with a proposed retail complex along Broadway, just north of Wellington, that would house a large Mariano’s supermarket on its lower floors and an Xsport Fitness on its upper floors. The five-story building will have retail space with a large driveway and loading area on the ground floor, the […]

Lack of Planning Along Orange Line Resulted in Missed Opportunities

By Daniel Hertz | Jun 16, 2014 | 19 Comments

Ever since it opened in 1993, the CTA’s Orange Line has become the public transit backbone of the Southwest Side, with over 60,000 rides on an average weekday. But unlike the patrons of many other ‘L’ lines, who step out of their neighborhood stations onto commercial streets lined with restaurants, shops, and other businesses, Orange […]

1611 West Division Proves High-Rises Don’t Need Parking to Succeed

By John Greenfield | May 14, 2014 | 49 Comments

Last week I reported that the Belmont-Clark tower, located a block from a Red Line station, may include 90 rental units but only 39 parking spaces. A commenter scoffed, “Good luck renting those apartments when they run out of parking spaces.” However, the 1611 West Division rental tower, which opened last year next to the […]

Uptown Residents Brainstorm Ideas for Redeveloping Vacant Land

By Shaun Jacobsen | May 9, 2014 | 13 Comments

It’s an exciting time to be in Uptown. The Broadway streetscape and road diet, which will hopefully be completed within a few months, as well as the reconstruction of the Wilson ‘L’ station have the potential to transform the center of the neighborhood. This potential has not gone unnoticed by the Metropolitan Planning Council. On […]

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