Morris Adjmi’s Fulton Market skyscraper takes 75-foot height chop

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By: Jay Koziarz | March 28, 2018 | Chicago.Curbed.com

The development team behind a tall, skinny condo tower proposed in the heart of Chicago’s Fulton Market District is back with a new design that is both shorter and wider. The revised plan for 170 N. Peoria Street was presented Tuesday night at a public meeting hosted by Alderman Walter Burnett, Jr. and the West Loop Community Organization. The changes are the result of feedback received at an earlier public meeting held in January. Now with an updated design, the proposed development will rise 43 stories and 495 feet—down from 51 stories and 570 feet. To offset the haircut, the tower’s width increases, with its square-shaped floorplates growing from 101 to 105 feet per side. The project’s density—as measured in Floor Area Ratio (FAR)—and count of 300 for-sale luxury residences is unaltered. Read More....