High-Profile West Loop Development Unveils Design Changes
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West Loop residents who are less-than-thrilled with how dense the neighborhood is becoming were recently presented with a revised plan to redevelop a site at 845 W. Madison. And while the original plan called for 627 units, the new version would still add 586 luxury rentals to the West Loop landscape, as well as 14 townhouse, 293 parking spaces, and about 10,000 square feet of retail space.Â
Developers are also saying the revised version also greatly reduces its visual impact at street level, most notably when viewed from Adams & Sangamon Park, which sits directly across the street.Â
In addition, the new design also includes a number of setbacks, which should help minimize shadows and still allow for the park to enjoy plenty of natural sunlight. If…
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Commercial development is downright insane in and around Fulton Market right now, and one local developer has clearly taken notice. As first reported by Curbed, McCaffery Interests has recently updated a marketing plan for a prime location at 1201 W. Lake Street, taking a rather simple and conservative rendering and transforming it into a proposal that’s considerable more chic, stylish, modern, and what some might say a little more tech-centric. Â
The West Loop development boom continues as reports have now surfaced about developers proposing two new condo buildings near the recently demolished Harpo Studios.Â
While the much-talked-about 1K Fulton development over in the rapidly developing Fulton Market neighborhood was only recently finished, the developer of the building, Chicago-based Sterling Bay, is already close to selling the mammoth project that’s helping re-define this particular part of the city. 
After quite a few rounds of changes and design modifications, it appears a final version of 111 S. Peoria is finally on its way to becoming a reality. Now being called Illume, 111 S. Peoria will stand 9 stories high and apparently house 95 individual condo residences, which is quite the contract to the original plan of standing 13 stories high and housing 215 apartment residences. 
According to multiple reports, it appears McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast food chain, is finally making its way to downtown Chicago. Crain’s Chicago initially broke the story late last week and to the surprise of some, the Oak Brook-based company will soon be making plans to move its corporate campus to the Harpo Studios site in the West Loop, where developer Sterling Bay plans to develop a brand new campus. 
Although plans for 20 N. Loomis initially started to gain attention back in the summer of 2014, not much has been mentioned about the project since. Or at least until recently. 
