Yesterday, the day we went to 3625 North Halsted in Lake View to find its Chicago Water Tank already taken down, the City of Chicago permitted another tank demolition, this one at 2221 South Michigan Avenue in Near South Side.
Master Guys Demolition, admittedly one of the best names if you’re going to tear stuff apart, is the demo contractor. The building itself at 2221 South Michigan, home of Windy City Furniture, will remain.
I made a Burger King joke. Sue me. Besides, 256 units is no small-fry development.
That’s the plan at 2328 South Michigan Avenue in the Near South Community Area. 256 apartments across two buildings in the Motor Row neighborhood. As per the development’s introduction on design architect Eckenhoff Saunders’ website, the would be 98 units in a seven-story building, and 158 units in an 18-story tower. 64 of those units would be affordable. The shorter building would front Michigan Avenue, with the tower standing tall behind it.
A three-headed development team is included in the proposed project: Fern Hill, Decennial Group, and Rebel Hospitality. The usual City hurdles still need to be cleared, so until approval is given, there’s no timeline for when work would start and when residents could begin moving in.
Crain’s Chicago and Urbanize are already all over this one.
