The developer for the massive One Central concept keeps on trying to push forward with his plans (via Tribune):
The developer behind the proposed $20 billion One Central development revealed details for the project’s first phase: a transit center surrounded by roughly 1.4 million square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space on a 35-acre site above the train tracks near Soldier Field.
The full plans for One Central, unveiled in 2019, include up to 22.3 million square feet of buildings with as many as 9,050 residential units and 9.45 million square feet of offices. The project still needs city and state approval to proceed, and Landmark president Bob Dunn has said he expects to submit a zoning application by late October or early November.
The $3.8 billion first phase, which Landmark calls the “Civic Build,” includes a transit center linking Metra, Amtrak and CTA trains and a new bus or tram route stopping at destinations like Soldier Field, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, Grant and Millennium parks and McCormick Place.
The operative phrase is "still needs city and state approval to proceed" and everything we've seen seems to point to the fact that our government leaders have little interest in this project.
A big elephant in the room is the status of the Chicago Bears and the place they currently call home - Soldier Field. The article states that the potential of the Bears moving would have minimal impact on this development, but we call BS on that one. On the flip side, could this development help keep the Bears downtown if they can get a piece of this massive development? No clue if that type of arangement could be struck, but we're trying to think creatively.
Anyway - the article has some fun new renderings if you're interested. Here are a couple:
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