The Hotel Riu Plaza Chicago is putting finishing touches on the exterior, as the interior progresses ahead of its scheduled opening this summer. The 28-story hotel will feature nearly 390 rooms when it welcomes its first guests, who can wine and dine each other at the 27th-floor bar “The Rooftop” opening in the fall.
Renderings have been revealed for the conceptual redevelopment of the north-end of Michigan Avenue. Spanning from roughly E Chicago Avenue to the south and Oak Street Beach to the north, the ideas were created as the popular street faces record high vacancy. The designs and ideas were created by architectural firm Gensler.
Situated at 679 N Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile, a retail redevelopment project is progressing with its facade work. The building, which previously housed an Apple Store and featured the ‘Rapt on The Mile’ mural by Nick Cave and Bob Faust, is undergoing transformation under the direction of Nick Canellis and will encompass four levels with H&M as its tenant.
With the exterior removed, significant renovations are underway at 679 N Michigan Avenue along Magnificent Mile. The structure was formerly an Apple Store, then subsequently the canvas for a mural titled “Rapt on The Mile” by Nick Cave and Bob Faust. This third chapter for the four-story building will be a retail redevelopment by Nick Canellis and will span four levels. According to an article by Crain’s Chicago Business, H&M will be the occupying tenant.
Chicago YIMBY wants to highlight some of the preservation wins seen across the city in the last few years, with updates as of late having demonstrated the importance of preserving the city’s architectural legacy. Recent examples include the Washington Park National Bank redevelopment in Woodlawn where the redesign now incorporates the existing facade after locals demanded it be saved, and Epworth Church in Edgewater where buyers pulled their demolition application this week. Varying in sizes, restoration projects keep the city’s history alive in a tangible way for many.
