Site Across From Millennium Park Will Get a 3-Story Restaurant/Retail Space; 41-Story Commercial Tower Plan Scrapped
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The long-discussed, potential project at 151 N. Michigan is once again changing course, according to recent reports. What was previously going to be a 41-story commercial tower is now going to be a significantly smaller 3-story commercial building.
The existing building, which lies at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Randolph Street, has been vacant sine 2008 when La Strada Ristorante closed. But given its small footprint, development challenges seem to make any future project a bit more complicated.
The owners, Park Ridge-based BJB Partners, also had designs on building a 184-unit apartment tower, with updated plans to add a hotel in 2105. But that plan inevitably dissolved.
The new plan, according to multiple reports, will allow the developer to…
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