Why are Chicago west neighborhoods are ignored (Bolingbrook, Elk Grove Village: real estate, apartments)

[chubs]

in building tall apartments buildings or even multi family apartments.affortable housing for people of the neighborhoods, neighborhoods like Humbolt park, austin, belmont craig, dunning,edison park,archare height,hermosa,norwood park, morgan park, humbolt park, little village,back of the yards,etc

[Vlajos]

Developers in the private sector build where they feel their is demand. You should call Hines or Buck for more details.

[Jandur]

I think those areas aren't dense enough to really create the demand for highrises to begin with. Really outside of river north and gold coast there aren't many residential highrises in the city. The only other places you see them is generally right along the lakefront and that's more a luxury selling point. I can't really think of any highrise living west of Clark for that matter.

[Ace Rothstein]

Originally Posted by Jandur

I think those areas aren't dense enough to really create the demand for highrises to begin with. Really outside of river north and gold coast there aren't many residential highrises in the city. The only other places you see them is generally right along the lakefront and that's more a luxury selling point. I can't really think of any highrise living west of Clark for that matter.

SONO is the only highrise that comes to mind that isn't a part of the downtown core (loop and adjacent areas) or on the lakefront.

[emathias]

Neighborhood opposition and a general lack of demand. It's dumb, though, because if there were more dense buildings near under-utilized "L" stations, it would help a lot with the CTA's financing.

Originally Posted by Jandur

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I can't really think of any highrise living west of Clark for that matter.

There aren't a lot of highrises outside of the Central Area, but there are quite a few west of Clark downtown. There's a line of highrises in the South Loop west of Clark. There's all of K Station, and a few other highrises near it, there's the Noble Square co-op at Division and Milwaukee, there's a retirement home in Douglas Park, a retirement home along Clyborn just south of North Ave, the former Ward's building on Chicago Ave near Kingsbury, all of Sandburg Village is (barely) west of Clark, as are several highrises between Division and the main branch of the River.

[ChiGuy2.5]

Its all about demand. Those areas aren't close enough to the city to pull high demand. They also already have fairly cheap housing. You can rent a place in some of those areas for around $400 where as if it were located in River North it would demand $1500 or more.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by chubs

in building tall apartments buildings or even multi family apartments.affortable housing for people of the neighborhoods, neighborhoods like Humbolt park, austin, belmont craig, dunning,edison park,archare height,hermosa,norwood park, morgan park, humbolt park, little village,back of the yards,etc

Why do you keep asking questions with obvious answers?

[oakparkdude]

Originally Posted by Drover

Why do you keep asking questions with obvious answers?

Maybe the OP is 12 years old?

[chet everett]

To me and others that understand how market forces drive private development decisions it is fairly obvious why certain area can support higher density developments however I suspect the OP is not unlike the academic oriented but experentially lacking bureaucrats that are part of the current national administration -- in their view the government can decree where big buildings should go and POOF everything will just fall into place. Not the way it worked with CHA high-rises. Not the way it worked with privately financed condos in the South Loop. Not the way it works with DOZENS of failed efforts to create working class employment in the region.
I know there are people that assume venture capitalist type private equity companies are just focused on making their top tier partners rich but having seen what happens when good real estate developers spend wisely on not just residential high rises and townhouses but also warehouses, industrial parks and other kinds of commercial projects the fact is people that are motivated by profit are more likely to create an environment that leads to full employment, growing demand for housing and a healthy retail sector than bureaucrats that, at best, look down on people that work for a living, go to church and enjoy sports like hunting and boxing...

The older warehouses and ancient industrial sites that are common in parts of Dunning or Back of the Yards look to "do gooders" like toxic nightmares that should be bulldozed and turned into vacant lots but to profit minded business leaders they could be opportunities to utilize Chicago's superior location IF ONLY the corrupt lawmakers did not attach ridiculous conditions and outrageous taxes to every effort to get people working... Drive around Elk Grove Village or Bolingbrook and you basically see what those city areas COULD have been. When a high rise does get built in areas that can't support it no one benefits.

[gomexico]

Originally Posted by chubs

in building tall apartments buildings or even multi family apartments.affortable housing for people of the neighborhoods, neighborhoods like Humbolt park, austin, belmont craig, dunning,edison park,archare height,hermosa,norwood park, morgan park, humbolt park, little village,back of the yards,etc

Not everyone is going to agree with you when you assert that just because some communities in the city lack high-rise or multi-family housing they have been "ignored."

There are high-rise buildings and multi-family housing throughout the city ... where city zoning ordinances permit it. Many residents don't want high-rises in their neighborhoods, and actively fight any such proposals. They seek to keep their communities more "residential" in nature. Single family housing. Small (but multi-family) apartment buildings.

Belmont Craigin, Edison Park, Archer Heights, Morgan Park, Little Village, Back of the Yards ... aren't "west neighborhoods" as I define the areas.

What's your interest?

Thanks.