| City, Cubs Agree
On Redesign The Chicago Cubs and city have reached agreement with
the city on the improvements to Wrigley Field and a new building for the parking
lot west of the ballpark.
"We're still working on getting permits,"
said Mike Lufrano, vice president of community affairs for the Cubs. He added
that the team hopes to break ground after the 2005 season.
Since the Cubs
first proposed expanding the bleachers in 2001, several changes have been made.
The
exposed columns on Waveland and Sheffield avenues sidewalks have been eliminated,
and the original 2,600-seat expansion has been scaled back to 1,790 seats.
An
additional 100 seats will be in the centerfield "batter's eye" restaurant.
The
multi-purpose building on the west will replace a car wash and former donut shop.
Fans will have access to a themed restaurant, open-air pedestrian parkway and
stores on nongame days.
Underground the multi-purpose building would be
batting cages, indoor pitching mounds and other facilities for the ballplayers.
Kansas
City, Mo.-based HOK Sports is the lead designer. No general contractor has yet
been named.
Construction Sails On Regatta Condo Construction
has started on the $144 million Regatta condominium in the Lakeshore East neighborhood.
The
44-story condominium will have 325 units and five floors of parking. The exterior
will feature brick and dual elliptical glass curtain walls spanning the building's
height at each end, with some precast concrete panels on the portion of the building
that faces Wacker Drive.
Developer for the 700,000-square-foot building
is Regatta Development LLC, a partnership of Magellan Development Group and NNP
Residential & Development, both based in Chicago. Chicago architect DeStefano
+ Partners is serving as exterior architects, and Loewenberg and Associates, also
of Chicago, is the interior architect.
Chicago-based James McHugh Construction
Co. is the general contractor.
The Regatta will rise under an aggressive
construction schedule, with first move-ins slated for July 2006 and completion
in January 2007. Already, 81 percent of the units have been sold.
Chicago Neighborhood Development Honored
The
designers, architects and developers behind distinctive neighborhood structures
were recognized for their work during the recent 11th Annual Chicago Neighborhood
Development Awards.
More than 1,200 people joined Mayor Richard Daley and
event chair Ted Phillips, president and CEO of the Chicago Bears, to honor the
winners whose work has helped infuse investment and life into Chicago's neighborhoods.
Eight
awards were given out in six categories:
Non-Profit Neighborhood Development
Group of the Year: Interfaith Housing Development Corp. of Chicago
Outstanding Non-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project: New Homes for South Chicago
and Chicago-based Claretian Associates Inc.
Outstanding For-Profit
Neighborhood Real Estate Project: Westhaven Park Apartments and BMH-I LLC, a joint
venture of Northbrook-based Brinshore Development and New Jersey's Michaels Development
Co. Inc.
Non-Profit Community-Building Award: Erie Neighborhood House
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community
Design: Southwest Women Working Together (First Place) and Wheeler Kearns Architects
Archer Court Townhouses, Phase two (Second Place) and Landon Bone Baker Architects
Chinese American Service League's Kam L. Liu Building (Third Place) and Studio
Gang Architects
The Friend of the Neighborhoods Award Edward Hinsberger
More
information about the winners can be obtained by visiting www.lisc-cnda.org on
the Internet.
Green
Council Named; Green Video Coming The Chicago Chapter of the Washington,
D.C.-based U.S. Green Building Council has named its executive committee.
They
comprise Chair Michael Blasek, regional manager of Chicago-based Altro Floors;
Vice Chair Lois Vitt Sale, corporate vice president of Darien-based Wight and
Co.; Secretary Kimberly Ann Lombardozzi, territory manager of Chicago-based The
Mohawk Group; and Treasurer Leon La Jeunesse, president of Lake Zurich-based Custom
Contracting.
In other green news, a video in production will document Mayor
Richard Daley's efforts to beautify Chicago, "The Greening of Chicago: Life
Began in a Garden."
Interviews and clips will document Daley's restoration
of Chicago to a city with an environmental conscience.
Nancy Nehlsen of
Moline-based marketing and public relations firm Nehlsen Communications is producing
the video with Chicago interior decorator Doris Ayres, a member of "The ReDesigners,"
a home decor program on WCTV Wilmette Community Television.
For information,
call Mark McLaughlin at 309-736-1071.
Three Teams Share Real Estate Honors Three teams that
featured business students from DePaul University in Chicago, architecture students
from the Illinois Institute of Technology, also in Chicago, and graphic design
students from Kent State University in Ohio were recognized for their senior citizen
housing development proposals in a juried competition sponsored by the Real Estate
Center at DePaul.
A total of eight teams vied for top honors at the competition,
the culmination of a multi-college course.
The challenge was to present
architectural models, design schematics, financing and marketing plans for a Chicago
senior housing development to a panel of judges from the real estate and senior
living industries.
The competition's scenario was based on a South Side
site, where developers Davis Group LLC, Kimball Hill Homes, Walsh Construction
and Mesa Development LLC plan to build a senior citizen home.
The developers
said they will review the winning student teams' proposals for potential ideas
for the facility they will build near 39th Street and Michigan Avenue.
The
Best Architecture award went to Silver Maple Place, proposed by the team of Dave
Cook (DePaul), Bryn Cargill (DePaul), Anna Ninoyli (IIT), Derya Civelekoglu (IIT),
Sean Wang (IIT) and Amir Khosravi (Kent State).
The Best Financing award
went to the 84-unit The Sonata, by team of Mike Burton (Kent State), Shirley Cho
(IIT), Vesna Dodevxski (IIT), Ken Hejduk (Kent State), Carliss Jackson (IIT),
James McMahon (DePaul) and Stella Moy (DePaul).
The Best Graphics/Environmental
Design went to The Ellington, by the team of Alex Chu (IIT), Ernie Fesco III (Kent
State), Nirup Jayanth (IIT), John T. Millin (Kent State), Jennifer Ng (DePaul),
Brett Padberg (IIT) and Matthew Tramel (DePaul).
The jury included Lucien
LaGrange, architect; Samuel Asefa, deputy commissioner of urban design and planning
for Chicago; Peter Beltemacchi, associate professor in the College of Architecture
at IIT; Kelly Kolar, owner, Kolar Design; Gabrielle Schubart, graphic designer,
The Grillo Group; Frank Muraca, president, Arch Consultants Ltd., and director,
senior housing, Urban Land Institute; and Robert Miller, senior vice president
of Applied Real Estate Analysis Inc.
I-74 Bridge Arch Gets Honor Chicago-based Alfred Benesch
& Co. and the Illinois Department of Transportation recently received an Honor
Award from the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Illinois.
Benesch
designed bridge arches on Broadway and University streets as part of the $460
million Interstate 74 reconstruction project in Peoria.
The existing configuration
for both bridges consists of a five-span structure crossing two eastbound and
two westbound lanes and the Dry Run Creek reinforced concrete flume that runs
down the middle of the interstate.
The proposed configuration included
four eastbound and three westbound lanes, which positioned the roadway immediately
adjacent to the flume.
Using an arch pier to span the Dry Run Creek flume
and support the bridge in a two-span configuration proved workable. The design
also complimented the architecture of the community.
Avenue East Condo Coming to Mag Mile The
development of a 27-story condominium, Avenue East, has been announced for the
Magnificent Mile area. Ground break is expected in July.
The 133-unit project
on Illinois Street was developed by Lake Bluff-based Residential Homes of America
and designed by Chicago's Built Form and OWP/P. Units will range from 772 sq.
ft. to 2,593 sq. ft., and the apartments are priced from the mid-$200,000s for
studios to more than $1 million for penthouse residences.
Chicago-based
The Rise Group is the construction manager. A general contractor has not yet been
named.
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