A recent dump of private emails from Mayor Emanuel has given the public a view into the Lucas Museum quagmire, including a message from developer Dan McCaffery.
The now-dissolved partnership between US Steel and developer McCaffery Interests once planned 13,000 new homes and 17.5 million square feet of retail for the sprawling 430-acre South Works site.
Michael Sorkin, a New York-based architect, is asking Lucas and Hobson to reconsider their decision to leave Chicago and to build a "Museum Campus South" at the former U.S. Steel site on the far South Side.
The historic 16-story Shoreline Condominium building overlooking the southern edge of Jackson Park may be the next Windy City property to see a shift from condos to apartments as developers continue to ride Chicago’s lucrative rental wave.