ADVOCACY
WIN: Rector Building’s Iconic Weather Bell Sign is Restored at 79 W. Monroe St.
“There’s a warm nostalgic spot in Chicago’s brick, concrete and glass heart for those big vintage outdoor signs that were once plentiful in this...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Adaptive Reuse Planned for McKinlock Building at 209 W. Jackson Boulevard
“Initial details have been revealed for the upcoming residential conversion of the existing office building at 209 West Jackson Boulevard in The Loop. Also...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Vintage Loft Leahy Building at 226 W. Ontario Street in River North Sold for Conversion to 70 Apartments
“A Chicago developer is adding another midsize office-to-residential project to the growing list of conversions downtown, one that will add two stories to the...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Old DePaul University Loop Office Tower at 70 E. Lake Street Sold for Residential Adaptive Reuse
“A vintage office tower in the northeast corner of the Loop is poised to become apartments, adding another large-scale, privately-backed project to the wave...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Owner Albert Friedman Plans the Next Adaptive Reuse of the Landmarked 1912 Medinah Temple as Bally’s Prepares to Move Out
“For more than a century, historic Medinah Temple has stood as Chicago’s exotic monument to adaptive reuse.“The Moorish-style amphitheater topped by two massive copper...
ADVOCACY
WIN: After Preliminary Landmark Designation, ZBA Approves Conversion of William Le Baron Jenney’s 1893 Central YMCA Headquarters at 19 S. LaSalle Street
“Another mixed-use conversion is progressing in The Loop as the historical structure at 19 South LaSalle Street has received approval from the Zoning Board...
ADVOCACY
WIN: The Hand & The Eye $50 Million Adaptive Reuse of the 1895 McCormick Mansion Opens to Acclaim
“Let us be clear about one thing from the start. Chicago, a city with an auspicious past and present of prestidigitation and legerdemain, has...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Initial Indicators from the “Google Effect” Confirm Substantial Benefits to the Loop (Chicago 7 2016, 2018, 2019 & 2020)
by “When Google opens its new Midwest headquarters at the James R. Thompson Center late next year, brokers and developers say it could kick...
ADVOCACY
WIN: City Council Approves Landmark Designation and Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens (Chicago 7 2017 & 2022)
POTENTIAL WIN: Chicago Plan Commission Approves By The Hand Club For Kids’ Renovation of Altgeld Gardens’ Historic “Up Top” Building, Home to the Birthplace...
ADVOCACY
WIN: Commission on Chicago Landmarks Grants Final Landmark Recommendation to Edgewater’s Bryn Mawr Historic District and Denies Demolition Permit for Contributing Building at 1114...
“A key city commission formally recommended an Edgewater historic district become a Chicago landmark while also denying a demolition permit in the district that...