The City of Chicago has issued permits for a renovation project at 555 West Kinzie Street, a residential building located in Fulton River District. The renovation is focused on modernizing the property’s common areas, which are located on the 8th floor of the 41-story, 848-unit apartment complex. The project, which has a budget of approximately $3 million, is an investment by the building’s owner, Morgaurd Inc, to elevate the property’s appeal for future residents.
Trina Sandschafer, a Chicago-based self-certified architect, is leading the design of the renovation. They will be working alongside Leopardo Companies Inc, the general contractor who has been assigned with bringing the project to fruition, and who will be working with all project subcontractors.
555 West Kinzie Street is located a short walk from stops for the 56 bus line. Beyond that, the Clinton CTA Station, which services the Green and Pink Lines, and the Grand CTA Station, which services the Blue Line, are both a short walk from the property.
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Updates are good, but goodness that parking garage is an urban fortress abomination.
It’s a testament to how much the neighborhood has changed. I’d recon that when the building was built, nobody cared if the fancy new building turned its back to a rundown warehouse district. Now look! Hopefully, some of the improvements include landscaping to soften the deadness of the garage.
For sure, what you said is almost certainly what they were thinking. I wish we would balance out car use in this city. Imaging if this development and almost every other one didn’t have to include so much parking by law. They could make every side of a building look and function well, instead of one, two or even three uninviting sides. Every area could turn into a vibrant area now or years down the road. This garage almost certainly prevents this area from ever becoming inviting.
Everyone has a car so stop imaging a large city without its residents having vehicles. For those who wish no vehicles – there’s plenty of other locations you can move to.