ADVOCACY
POTENTIAL WIN: Three Historic LaSalle Street Skyscrapers Selected For Adaptive Reuse
"City officials have picked three projects totaling 1,000 apartments to kick off their push to revive the beleaguered LaSalle Street business district by providing...
THREATENED: Schulze Baking Company Data Center Adaptive Reuse Stalled Since 2018
"Chicago still has its mojo in the data center business."Data centers aren’t the sort of real estate development that get much glory. There’s typically...
THREATENED: Pioneer Arcade Redevelopment Stalls Without Allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (Chicago 7 2015)
"1535 N. Pulaski Road is no ordinary Chicago building. Modeled after 17th- and 18th-century Spanish Baroque style architecture, rising two stories with an ivory-colored,...
WIN: Art Deco Lawson House YMCA Renovation Nearing Completion
"The overhaul of the former Lawson House YMCA is taking shape after more than a year of construction."Developers hosted a walkthrough of the property,...
WIN: After 37 Year Closure, the Ramova Theater Restoration Makes Significant Progress (Chicago 7 2012)
"The future of the long vacant Ramova Theatre is coming into clearer focus as work progresses to turn the 1920s movie house in Bridgeport...
POTENTIAL WIN: Three Adaptive Reuse Development Proposals Presented for 1769 W. Pershing in the Central Manufacturing District (Chicago 7 2020)
"Further details and renderings have been revealed for the finalist of the Central Manufacturing District RFP. Located at 1769 W Pershing Road in McKinley...
THREATENED: Crumbling Brick Falls From Long-Vacant Guyon Hotel (Chicago 7 2013, 2014 & 2018)
"Emergency repairs are underway at the vacant Guyon Hotel in Garfield Park after bricks fell from the exterior, forcing neighbors to evacuate, officials said."Witnesses...
WIN: After Years of Delays, Obsidian Collection Finally Receives Zoning Approval (Chicago 7 2019)
"The Obsidian Collection received zoning approval to convert the historical Palmer mansion at 3654 S. King Drive into a digital archive center and members-only...
POTENTIAL WIN: Five Historic LaSalle Street Skyscrapers Selected for Adaptive Reuse
"Two more proposals to create affordable housing on LaSalle Street could get city funding."The proposals are part of an initiative to revitalize LaSalle Street...
Op-Ed: Midway Plaisance is the Wrong Site to Replace Park Space Taken for Obama Center
"Chicago will soon have a new mayor. At this renaissance moment, we have an extraordinary opportunity to throw out Chicago’s old and worn playbook...