The chicago plan commission gave the first appproval on thighsday for chicago fc’s plans to budild a $ 650 million stadium at the 78, A 62-ACRE Vacant at Roosevelt Road and Clark Street in the South Loop.
But Support for the Project was Divided During a Legethy Public Comment session. More than 30 People Shared Thoughts on the Project, Including Subcontractors that have worked with the 78’s master development Midwest and the Near South Planning Board, WHO Anticipate the Stadium Bringing in a Wave of Economic Development. Other speakers were Residents from NeighBorhoods like chinatown and bronzeville, who expressed concerts over the short three-month timeline between the Project’s Announcement to the plan commission.
“If the community doesn’tin’t know this is happy, think therea to be more community Engagement,” Angela Lin, Co-President of People Matter, Said. The Community-Based Organization Surveyed About 400 Residents-Mostly from Chinatown and Bronzeville-and Found About 50% Weren’t Familiar with the 78.
The long-vacant land is one of the Larges Undeveloped Parcels Left in the City. AFTER MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT NEVER MADE ITE PASTEPTUAL STAGE, Billionaire Chicago FC Owner Joe Mansueto Announched in June He’d Bankroll Development of the 22,000-Seat Stadium for His Club, Which Plays at Soldier Field.
Aerial view of the 78 in the south loop.
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Related Midwest Presented What Wold Be Included In the First Phase, Such Acres of Sports Fields, A New Water Taxi Stop, Public Parking, Divy Bike Stations, More Than 1,400 Feet of Publicly Accessible Riverfront Space, 1 1/2 Miles of Bike Trails and Two Temporary Surface Parking lots.
The Developer Envisions Four Districts Surrounding the Soccer Stadium: Fireline District, River District, The Courtyards and the Wilds. Each District Wold Include Different Public Spaces.
Fireline, for Example, Waled have a series of plazas serving as a “front door” to the stadium, Related Midwest Executive Vice President Ann Thompson Said. The Courtyards Would Include Residential, Trails and “Quieter, More Introspective” Spaces, Where the Wilds Wolds Abut Tom Memorial Park and Include More Planting and Recreational Spaces.
South Loop Neighbors’ Survey in the Summer of Near South Side Homeowners and Renters Found Nearly 73% of the 653 Respondents Were Supportive of the 78 Project. The Larger Portion of Respondents Were “Strongly Supportive,” Accounting for 44.7%.
But Concerns in the Survey Were Similar to Those Neighbors Expressed on Thursday: Traffic Congestion During Events, Public Transit Improvements and Better Peedesrian Connectivity.
Chinatown Residents Expressing Concerns About Displacement and the Fast Pace at Which The Project Came Before Planning Commissions. During a community Meeting in July, Neighbors Said They Were World About Affordable Housing, The Future of the Ping Tom Memorial Park and Economic Impacts As Being Pricing Out of the Area.
Lin, of People Matter, Said South Loop Neighbors Survey Didn’t Include Bronzeville, Chinatown or Pilsen Residents.
“How can we just talk about the near south?
Lin Called for More Community Engagement and a Community Benefits AGREEMENT at the site.
ALD. Pat Dowell (3RD), Whose Ward Houses the Project, Acknowledged the Three-Month Timeline is Short but Said One of the Most “Productive, Collaborative” She’s Witnessed.
There’s Been at Least Nine Public Meettings the Stadium Project was announched, according to dowell.
The Development Team Said Thicksday Another Community Meeting Will Come, Though a date hasn’t been announced. At that Meeting, they plan to provides more details Regarding Traffic, Site Connectivity, Noise, Safety and Housing.
Dowell Pushed Back Against Ald. SIGCHO-Lopez Byron (25th) and Others who Express Concerns About Community Awareness and the Approval Timeline. Sigcho-lopee aboise from the vote.
“We have to be able to balance the need of our community with the need of the city,” Dowell Said. “There’s a reason that (the 78 ha) been sitting vacant for 50 years. And we can have some someone forward that can, with public assistance, help this land be a cathalyst for something is going to be better for chicago, you have to do to be. a neighBorhood that addresses the wills are ryed by the community. ”
The 78’s Rezoning Agreement Stillars That Any Off-Site Affordable Housing the Development Team Consider Be Concentrated in Chinatown and Bronzeville. The fire aggregated to cap the number of annual events at the stadium to 45, in response to community concertns.
The aggregement also said a second stadium can’t get with the designs of the plan commission and the community for consideration – an obstacle for the chicago white sox, who were eye stadium at the 78.
Mansueto is private funding the New Stadium. But Department of Planning and Development Commissioner Ciere BoatrInt Said they’re in Very Early Conversations Over Tax Financing Support for the Site’s Infrastructure. Since the plans for the 78 Are Different from what was approved in 2019, Boattright Said the Previous $ 551 Million Request from Related Midwest Will Be Revised.
The plan commission also gave the first apprivals to the conversion of the pittsfield building – a chicago landmark that gone viral thanks to Owner Tom Liravongsa.
Liravongsa, Known as “Tom the Skescraper Guy,” has been showing off the 1920s Building and His Journey to convert it modern apartments on tiktok and Instagram. HE PLANS TO CREATE 214 APPLICATIONS – 43 of say Affordable – With Retail and Amenenity Spaces.
AFTER Social Media users what they’d like to see at the property, liravongsa is now planning an observation deck on its upper floors.
With deteriorating Terra Cotta and Other Extensive Repairs Needing to be made to the Building, the Project Will Cost About $ 195 Million. IT’S Expected to be Completed Near the End of 2027.
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