167 West Erie rises in River North.
Planet Hollywood? What, I’m just glossing over the old Gino’s location that occupied 167 West Erie Street most recently? Doesn’t matter. They’re both gone. You know this because the giant slices of pizza no longer litter the east side of the street along the 600 block of North Wells. Besides, Gino’s still exists in Chicago.
Instead, 167 West Erie is being erected on that site. It will be a 39-story, 440-unit apartment tower from Magellan Development. Designed by Chicago’s Loewenberg Architects, the building will also include about 130 parking spots, and some ground-floor retail space. Linn-Mathes is the general contractor.
I’d be willing to bet small amount of currency that 167 West Erie will have a non-address name in the near future. Considering its full-build permit was issued to the address 637 North Wells Street, there seems to be enough confusion about its location to slap a fancy moniker on it.
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- On the right, 167 West Erie. On the left, 640 North Wells.
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- The Full-build Permit, with 637 North Wells as the address.
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- Nothing to see here. Just two luffing-jib cranes jousting for position above North Wells Street.
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- In the background, 167 West Erie. In the foreground, some sort of motion picture. Animated, I believe.
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