The Sky Wrigley Roof's The Limit For New Project
By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Jun 3, 2009 9:00PM
We've talked before about the proposed new development at Addison and Clark. And now, in an effort to win key government and community backing for the project, the developers have decided to keep the project a bit shorter than planned. They've redesigned the top portion of the project so that the top floors go no higher than the neighborhood's centerpiece: Wrigley Field. 
Artist rendering of the project, via the Sun-Times
M&R partner Anthony Rossi said the project can be downsized because of the decision, made with architectural firm Solomon Cordwell Buenz, to move two levels of parking underground. It increases construction costs but means a couple lower levels formerly assigned to parking can be dressed up for retailers and made more attractive from the outside. Rossi said a health club has committed to occupy some of the space.
The neighborhood's alderman, Tom Tunney (44th), agreed this helps the project's cause, saying, "We still have quite a bit of work to do but they are listening more to community concerns." [Sun-Times]