The two buildings, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, were designed by Bertrand Goldberg, who favored cylindrical structures in his architecture, including the twin-tower Marina City along the Chicago River.
That definitely holds true for a 352-unit building for senior citizens, where pie-shaped floor plans are the norm. Beyond the shape of the units, though, the gut rehab includes replacing heating coils in the floors that were leaking.
"There's not much we can do with the floor plan," Peter Holsten tells the plan commission, which is recommending two parcels totaling 1.38 acres be added to a planned development that already involved 12.4 acres.
The end result of the rehab will be 44 fewer units, to 654. One building will have 352 units for senior housing while the other would have 302 units, ranging from one-bedroom to four-bedrooms, for individuals and families.
Meanwhile, the other 336 units are in a building that produces crescent-shaped floor plans.
Holsten has a long-term ground lease with the Chicago Housing Authority for the property.
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