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Well that didn’t take very long. After being approved by the Chicago Plan Commission just yesterday, a planned two-building condominium project for Chicago’s West Loop is already getting ready to clear space. Much like McDonald’s upcoming corporate headquarters rising across the street at 110 N. Carpenter, the building at 1115 W. Washington replaces a structure that was once part of Oprah’s Chicago-based Harpo Studios television production company. The demolition permit was in fact dated a day before the city commission met to vet the site’s future plan. This is hardly unusual since developers aren’t typically required to gain approval for a new project before demo can begin on existing buildings. In fact, the practice of clearing a site early is often adopted as a means to lower assessments on a given property. Read More....
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