Crain's columnist Greg Hinz breaks down the forces behind the proposed 42-story "Tower of Jewel's" limbo. As you'll recall, the $200M Fifield project would have hundreds of "luxury" rental units built atop a new Jewel supermarket at the prime and strangely-underdeveloped intersection of Clark & Division— envisaged as a grand western gateway to the Gold Coast. A list of obstacles to this transit-oriented densification: ward remapping; air rights negotiations; and "Sandburg Village politics". Alderman Bob Fioretti, the new authority on the scene, is less amenable to the height and density than was Ald. Brendan Reilly prior to redistricting. [Crain's, previously]
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