Building: 1717 S Prairie
Completed: 2002
Photos of the building:
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=prairiedistricttower-chicago-il-usa
Recent Press
Maidenberg, M. (2008, July 16). Big bills hit Prairie Avenue tower residents. http://www.chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60&ArticleID=5416&TM=43189.16
Bianchi, L. (2008, July 28). Chicago Business News, Analysis & Articles | Costly repairs in South Loop | Crain’s. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/mag/article.pl?rssFeed=magazing&post_date=2008-07-26&article_id=30344
Guy, S. (2007, April 7). Condo board dukes it out with developers over work it claims is substandard . Chicago Sun-Times.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070518050722/http://www.suntimes.com/classifieds/homes/homelife/349614,HOF-News-prairiemain20.article
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Who are the Developers?
Developer Info: William Warman, Warren Barr
Original LLC: 18th and Prairie, LLC (disbanded in 2002)
Developer name: “Legacy Development Group”
Other LLC’s:
Prairie Station, LLC
Bmbonita, LLC
Wewbmbonita, LLC
Warman is also part of “Warman Olsen Warman” architectural group:
http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=warmanolsenwarman,ltd-chicago-il-usa
New LLC: Provence Development Group (Warman) http://www.9westerie.com/contact/developer.html
Renaissant Development Group (Barr)
http://www.rendevgroup.com/index.asp
Article about Warman’s newest real estate acquisition
Gullan, A. (2007, November 4). Chicago Business News, Analysis & Articles | Developer to buy Michigan Avenue site | Crain’s. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=27115.
Article about Warren Barr and description of the spilt. This article mentions issues regarding One E 15th.
Daykin, T. (2005, December 11). JS Online: The high-rise guy http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=377046
Buildings in development by Warman or Barr (not a comprehensive list)
300-310 N. Michigan Ave (in development)
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=29676
Park 1000 (Renaissant Development Group)—Project on HOLD.
21 E 9th St, Astoria Tower http://www.astoriatower.com/ (Provence Development Group)
Park Michigan (Renaissant Development Group – 830 Michigan) Project cancelled http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=109263
Recently Completed Buildings by Warman or Barr - Partial List . They have developed hundreds of buildings, but these are recent buildings.
List generated from Emporis:
http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=legacydevelopmentgroup-chicago-il-usa
9 West Erie (West Loop) http://www.9westerie.com/
41 E 8th (lawsuit filed by association)
One East 14th
Lakeside on the Park
Holden Park, Matteson (lawsuit filed by association)
One East 15th (lawsuit filed by association)
1717 S Prairie (lawsuit filed by association)
221 E Cullerton Lofts (lawsuit filed by association)
2028 S Prairie (Chess Lofts) http://www.chesslofts.com
Aristocrat Tower (2039 Prairie) CANCELLED
Park Lafayette, Milwaukee (Renaissant Development Group)
