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A Pair of Backups To Fill In Behind the Museum Tower?
Note: Read an update to this story here. What’s left of the Gramercy Place apartments on the 200 block of Portland St. were sold this month. A few of the apartment buildings, which date to 1935, were...
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Tenant: Gramercy Place Apartments To Remain Rental Units
An update: Though the other rumor suggests that the Gramercy Place apartments behind the Museum Tower on Montrose Blvd. will be torn down and replaced by 2 residential midrises, a tenant there reports...
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No Plans to Redevelop Gramercy Place Apartments, Says New Owner
Here’s what Fred Sharifi, the new owner of the Gramercy Place apartments on Portland St., has to say about those rumors that the old apartments will be torn down and replaced by something as tall as...
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The Confusing Continuing Story of the Gramercy Place Apartments
There sure have been some conflicting reports coming in lately about Gramercy Place. Since the old apartments on the 200 block of Portland St. behind the Museum Tower were sold last month to an LLC...
View ArticleComment of the Day: An Atmosphere of Mistrust
“I’m inclined to believe the owner on this one. Who knows better what Sharifi plans to do with the property, than Sharifi himself? It’s not just that he said there were no immediate plans to develop...
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Sketching the Growth of the Hermann Park Garden Center
This is what Hermann Park says it would like to look like when it turns 100 next year: This drawing of Centennial Gardens from Chicago landscape architecture firm Hoerr Schaudt shows the blossoming of...
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The New Mixed-Use Building in the Museum District
That excavator first rolled out here on La Branch and Binz last summer — and 11 months later this is how the site looks: Catty-corner from the Children’s Museum, the Museum Point Professional Building...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Manifest Destiny
“One day, this entire area will be called The Texas Medical Center.” [john@UHD, commenting on The New Mixed-Use Building in the Museum District]
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Hines Buying Up Museum District Property To Build Highrise Apartments
A few sources are telling Swamplot that Hines is planning to build either a 20- or 22-story apartment tower on the entire city block where this house stands in the Museum District. The house is at the...
View ArticleComment of the Day: The Glass Is Half Full — and Bright Red
“I haven’t had any kool aid but it’s hot enough to have some. Rather than be negative, my point was at least it’s Hines. Look at our skyline and all the great buildings are Hines. There are only a...
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Around the Museum District Block Hines Likes for a 22-Story Apartment Highrise
Hines has confirmed that it’s considering a 20- or 22-story apartment tower for this block in the Museum District. This photo shows the corner of Oakdale and Caroline St., across from the Asia Society...
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