Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
630 N. McClurg Court
The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) is continuing its leadership obligation to lead the world in discovering and innovating treatments in physical medicine and rehabilitation for generations to come. A new Streeterville facility is a significant component to those plans.
RIC is entering the conceptual planning phase for the development of the land, which is expected to extend to the end of 2010 and perhaps into 2011. RIC intends to develop a unique facility in which it will integrate clinical care and research operations to surround each patient.
Once the conceptual planning is complete, RIC will determine additional next steps. RIC cannot comment on whether or if there will be any interim use of the land at this stage.
SOAR Documentation
Note
In July 2010, Alderman Reilly announced the following:
"Alderman Reilly recently initiated a zoning change in Streetervile on behalf of his constituents. This change will facilitate the significant down-zoning of the property commonly known as the "CBS Site" at 335 East Erie / 630 North McClurg Court.
The former CBS property located at 335 East Erie/630 North McClurg Court was up-zoned to Residential-Business Planned Development No. 1109 on June 11, 2008. That plan called for two residential towers (one measuring 625' with 53-stories and the second at 695' with 56 stories) to be built atop a 10-story podium base containing office space and seven levels of parking (718 parking spaces). The towers were approved to contain 757 dwelling units.
Alderman Reilly initiated this change because the use anticipated in the Planned Development approved in 2008 is no longer being pursued and a change in ownership of the site is currently in process.
Because of the change in ownership, the Alderman believes it is necessary to protect neighborhood residents from potential irresponsible development that could result if a new property owner were to attempt to assume the current development rights and density for a new proposed use without earning those rights working through his robust community process and transparent review of the proposed application on its merits.
The Alderman's zoning change would remove "Residential-Business Planned Development No. 1109" as the property's zoning classification and would restore zoning to its previous lower-density classification of "DX-12" (Downtown Mixed Use District). This change would impose a maximum "floor area ratio" (FAR) of 12.0 - a significant down-zone from the more aggressive 18.83 FAR up-zone achieved through various zoning bonuses permitted in the current Planned Development that governs the site.
Once this down-zone is finalized, the previous plan for the site cannot be built. Any new proposal must start at "square one" once a new application is filed and submitted to Alderman Reilly's office for review and community input. At that time, the Alderman looks forward to partnering with his constituency to discuss proposals that are not only contextual but serve to enhance this important, world-class neighborhood in downtown Chicago."