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Posted by tricia | February 1, 2012 | No Comments » |
This April, Partners Sue Kim-Drohomyrecky, Peter Drohomyrecky and Magellan Development will introduce Eggy’s (333 E. Benton Place) – an urban family diner – to Chicago’s Lakeshore East neighborhood. With a new age soda fountain, family-style dinners and desserts like homemade cakes and pies, Eggy’s represents a throwback to the simpler dining days, in a contemporary and approachable environment.
While its name may conjure visions of breakfast, the restaurant is, in fact, named after Magellan Development President/Partner David Carlins’ childhood friend Robert Mallin, who was nicknamed “Eggy” (after his self-described egg-shaped head) back in the late 1960’s. Characterized by his friends as loyal, fair and philanthropic, Robert “Eggy” Mallin personifies what Eggy’s is all about – family, friends and community.
“When Eggy’s opens in April, we want it to have somewhat of a ‘Mayberry’ feel to it. Similar to diners from the 1960’s, we want people to have a real sense of community and place when they set foot in the door,” said Sue Kim-Drohomyrecky. “Eggy’s will be where people working and living in the area can just drop in and enjoy dishes that remind them of home cooking, but with a focus on freshness, local ingredient sourcing, seasonality and modern execution.”
Eggy’s menu features favorites expertly prepared by Executive Chef/General Manager Zach Millican. Chef Millican is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America; he has been serving as the chef de cuisine at Custom House Tavern since late summer 2011, and previously worked in kitchens at the award-winning Bradley Ogden in Las Vegas, as well Cascadia, Artemis Café and La Medusa in his native Seattle. Pastry Chef Erin Mooney – who joined Custom House Hospitality Group in fall 2011 after working at acclaimed restaurants Trio, Spring, Green Zebra, The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead and BLT Steak Atlanta – presents an array of irresistible sweets.
With menu items ranging from $3-$12, the breakfast menu will get the day started off on a high note with items such as:
Green Eggs & Ham: Two baked eggs, Anson Mills grits, tomatillo sauce, house made Tasso ham, avocado, pickled onion and queso fresco
Peter & the Wolf: Potato, fennel, carrot and pastrami hash with two fried eggs. Topped with horseradish cream, and served with toast
The Niño: Slow roasted pork, roasted poblano pepper, black beans, queso fresco and smothered with ranchero sauce
The Verb Omelet: Egg whites, avocado, Swiss cheese, spinach and jalapeno and served with house made salsa on the side
Cornmeal Waffle: Served with seasonal fruit; add fried chicken or maple glazed pork belly
Melissa’s Candy Pancakes: Named after Partner David Carlins’ daughter’s creation, these pancakes are made with M&Ms, Butterfinger and Snickers
For lunch, diners can chose from a variety of flavorful soups/salads/snacks and sandwiches ranging from $8-$13, some of which include:
Fried Wisconsin Cheese Curds: with dill pickle sauce
O.T.T. Fries: Crispy fries, two fried eggs, bacon, covered in hollandaise and browned
Chicken and Dumpling Soup
Kale & Quinoa Salad: Red wine vinaigrette, toasted walnuts, apple, and agro dolce onions
Whitefish Sandwich: Crispy white fish, cabbage and onion slaw, house tartar sauce
Frank and Beans: House made baked beans, all natural all beef hot dog, yellow mustard, pickle, and bacon
Hot Chili Beef Dip: Our version of the cheese steak. Steak, onions and spicy cheese sauce
Curry Chicken Salad: Red Curry chicken salad on your choice of bread with lettuce tomato and onion
While guests may enjoy the breakfast and lunch menu during all hours of operation, Eggy’s has also taken a page from famed restaurateur Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc restaurant concept, presenting a single family-style seasonal dinner menu that changes nightly. One night, Chefs Millican and Mooney might serve up an Escarole Caesar Salad, followed by Housemade Vegetable Lasagna and Espresso Flourless Chocolate Cake. And yet on another, guests can feast on Avgolemono Soup, Roast Leg of Lamb with corona beans and salsa verde and Greek Yoghurt Mousse with pine nut baklava. (Prices range from $18-$24/person.)
Pastry Chef Erin Mooney’s desserts are too good to deny, whether indulging in one of her ice cream sundaes, thick shakes, ice cream floats or N.Y. Egg Creams (prices range from $3-$8). Guests can also indulge in a mouth-watering item from the Bakery, including Double Chocolate Fudge Cake, Southern Style Coconut Layer Cake, Banana Cream Pie, Sour Cream Dutch Apple Pie and more.
A hearty Kids Menu is also available.
“We think our guests are going to discover so many treasures with each visit,” said Chef Millican, who will also serve as the restaurant’s general manager. “The fact that Eggy’s is also a B.Y.O. restaurant is a true advantage for the guest in terms of value and being able to enjoy the wines, beers and spirits they love with our food. We see this as being a place they can come to once, twice, even three times a week…it’s their kitchen table away from home.”
Designed by Karen Herold of the acclaimed 555 International, Eggy’s interior features a contemporary take on the classic diner providing a comfortable haven for all. Clean lines and a modern sensibility fill the 2000 square-foot space, juxtaposed with cheerful, homey touches like a life-sized family photo collage that serves as a central art installation on one wall. The space includes an open kitchen, a small counter that seats seven, a large, communal table for twelve with power outlets and charging stations, and a mix of traditional and banquet seating.
Eggy’s will be open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Posted by tricia | January 20, 2012 | No Comments » |
Magellan Development Group, along with our sponsors, raised over $100,000 this past weekend at the Dancing with the SEALs Event benefitting the Navy SEAL Foundation. The event was held at Aqua’s new Radisson Blu Hotel.
Read more about the event in Pioneer Press coverage by Lee Litas:
Posted by tricia | December 16, 2011 | No Comments » |
The architecturally distinguished mixed-use Aqua tower that anchors Magellan Development Group’s Lakeshore East neighborhood has captured its third and the community’s fourth prestigious international design award.
The 87-story tower at 225 N. Columbus Drive on Chicago’s New Eastside was named both regional and international winner of the International Property Award as Best Residential High-Rise Development in the prestigious property competition. Judging in the competition in association with Bloomberg Television and Google is carried out through a meticulous process involving a panel of more than 60 experts covering every aspect of the real estate industry. The program covers residential and commercial categories for Africa, Arabia, Asia Pacific and Europe as well as the Americas.
Magellan co-CEO James Loewenberg accepted the award at a Dec. 12 presentation ceremonies at The Savoy Hotel in London.
“We are honored to add the International Property Award to our growing list of design and planning awards for Magellan Development’s Lakeshore East community,” said Loewenberg.
One of the world’s tallest skyscrapers designed by an architectural team headed by a woman, Jeanne Gang, principal of Studio/Gang Architects, Aqua already holds two highly-esteemed international design awards.
Earlier this year the tower claimed the highly-esteemed Prix d’Excellence International Design Award in the 2011 Prix Residential High-Rise Category. The Lakeshore East master plan also holds the 2008 Prix award from FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation. Magellan is the only U.S. developer to win two distinguished Prix awards. Aqua’s third international prize is the 2009 Skyscraper of the Year Award from Emporis, the international building database, besting more than 300 competitors worldwide.
Aqua also holds the 2008 American Architecture Award from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design.
Stuart Shield, president of the International Property Awards, observes that
“Winning a coveted World’s Best award is a huge accolade for these companies. They have demonstrated the height of excellence in their field and proved themselves capable of winning against the most accomplished property companies in the world. This global recognition puts them at the pinnacle of the international property arena.”
Proclaimed one of the world’s most fascinating skyscrapers and boldly enhancing the skyline of what a leading architectural critic declares to be “the first city in American architecture,” Aqua’s dramatic design is produced by outdoor balconies and terraces that form unique, undulating contours of different sizes and shapes. They flow like ocean waves and imitate the striated outcroppings visible throughout the shoreline of the Great Lakes region. The $475 million Aqua tower is one of seven completed structures and the keystone of the emerging Lakeshore East community.
Hailed by a leading architectural critic as “Chicago’s most sensuous skyscraper” and contrasting sharply from the more stolid forms that mark Chicago’s architecturally distinguished skyline, Aqua is a blend of luxury residences, a recently-opened Radisson Blu hotel, the first in the United States, as well as office and retail space.
Posted by tricia | November 23, 2011 | No Comments » |
Magellan Design Counselors Kelly Drinnan and Lee Okamoto
Along with extraordinary location, eclectic architecture, outstanding quality and uncommon resident incentives, Magellan Development Group provides home buyers at award-winning Lakeshore East the rare opportunity to design their own living space.
“Whether the approach is gaining more space by combining units or making structural changes to a typical floor plan, the objective is to create a unique living space that fits the buyer’s lifestyle,” explained Lee Okamoto, Magellan design consultant.
One buyer, for example, purchased and combined three condominium residences in the mixed-use Aqua tower to “provide plenty of entertaining space, along with having separate bedrooms and bathrooms for their three children. The bonus of this combination is the fantastic views of the lake and skyline.”
Another empty-nester couple combined two units for an in-town residence at Aqua to meet their own special needs. Along with providing room for visiting children and grandchildren, they enlarged a bathroom to include a giant hot tub and converted a bedroom to a sauna and fitness room that rivals any private gym.
Okamoto observes that while it is more cost-efficient to combine or re-design residences before their homes are literally cast in concrete, others have still opted to make structural changes after completion of Lakeshore East’s condo towers and Parkhomes.
Kelly Drinnan, another Magellan design consultant, mentioned “Our multi-story Benton Place Parkhomes where virtually every owner has altered floor plans by either combining units or simply revising the existing floor plan. If there is such a thing as a common denominator to the changes created by the new owners, it is to personalize the space to meet their particular needs. It can mean adding or eliminating bathrooms or expanding them to allow additional storage. It might be expanding a master bedroom to create a private sitting area or, as in one instance, replacing a guest bedroom with a home theater. Or expanding the open kitchen/dining living space where entertaining is a primary mission of the residence is a common design request.
“Buying early gives us a chance to familiarize ourselves with the buyer’s tastes and interests to allow us to help us meet their objectives. Since at present all our buildings are complete – though there will be more in the future – changes require structural and architectural reviews before we can proceed. But we do have a number of residences where changes can be made, including an 81st floor Aqua penthouse that we can describe as ‘raw’ condition,” she explained.
Nestled between Millennium Park to the south and two blocks from Michigan Avenue to the west, Lakeshore East is an iconic 21st century neighborhood that combines privacy and intimacy with easy access to virtually everything Chicago has to offer
With vision and vigor, Magellan has transformed a former harbor, port, depository for debris from the Great Chicago Fire, railroad freight yard and storage facility and 9-hole golf course into a flourishing community. Conquering challenging topography that presented a three-story grade differential from street level, Lakeshore East has evolved into a $4 billion, 28-acre lifestyle center that includes homes, retail, recreational opportunities and amenities such as an oft-awarded lush 6-acre public park and the recently opened 115,000-square-foot Village Market retail center featuring a 55,000-square-foot bi-level Mariano’s Fresh Market and 13,000-square-foot III Forks Prime Steakhouse as anchor tenants..
Residential developments at Lakeshore East currently include eight completed and occupied buildings. They include the 29-story Lancaster, the community’s first condominium building with 209 residences; The Shoreham, a 46-story apartment tower with 548 residences; The Regatta, a 44-story condominium building with 325 residences; The Chandler; a 35-story condominium building with 304 residences; 340 on the Park, a 62-story condominium building with 344 residences and the 51-story The Tides, the community’s second rental property with 607 residences.
Also completed are the 87-story Aqua, the first high-rise in the city designed uniquely to combine residential, hotel and retail spaces, including a cluster of nine Parkhomes in the podium designed by Aqua’s highly-acclaimed design architect Jeanne Gang and The Benton Place Parkhomes, an enclave of 25 gracious townhomes.
A diverse retail component of the community is highlighted by The Village Market retail center that will soon add to its roster a Maison Brasserie Moderne, Eggy’s Breakfast Café and Cuticles Nail Salon. Other neighborhood services include a Fifth Third Bank facility, Caffé Rom gourmet coffee shop, CVS Pharmacy and CHALK Preschool that offers two-, three- or five-days a week programs for children aged two to five.
For additional information on Lakeshore East, and condos for sale, please visit www.magellandevelopment.com.or contact Leila Zammatta of Magellan Realty at (312) 493-8200.
Posted by admin | October 18, 2011 | No Comments » |
Magellan Development Group was recently selected by the U.S. General Services Administration to host a Finland delegation touring Chicago for a presentation on the topic, “Overview of Chicago Real Estate Markets & Business Environment.”
In explaining the selection of Joel M. Carlins, Magellan co-CEO, to address the group that included Finnish public and civic government officials, developers and real estate experts, Michael Hobson of the Great Lakes GSA, explained that “having Joel represent the private sector would be perfect because of his unique point of view on the topic to be discussed.”
Joined by Magellan President David Carlins and Vice President Sean Linnane some 25 members of the delegation participated in the presentation and discussion held in a party suite of the internationally-acclaimed mixed-use Aqua tower that serves as the icon of the 28-acre Lakeshore East neighborhood being developed by Magellan.
The presentation and discussion ran about two hours and demonstrated “both intense interest and knowledge of real estate and business in general by the delegation from Finland.
“Needless to say, they were particularly interested in the background of Lakeshore East and especially Jeanne Gang’s Aqua design, which has won several international design awards, most recently the prestigious Prix d’Excellence award from FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation of which Finland is a member.”
Rising in the heart of downtown Chicago, steps from world-class attractions Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park, Lakeshore East is believed to be the largest parcel of downtown land under development in a major U.S. city. The is $4 billion mixed-use development in the rapidly growing New Eastside incorporates all the elements of a traditional city community, a lifestyle center that includes homes, retail, recreational opportunities and amenities such as a lush 6-acre public park and a planned elementary school.
Residential developments at Lakeshore East currently include eight completed and occupied buildings. They include the 29-story Lancaster, the community’s first condominium building with 209 residences; The Shoreham, a 46-story apartment tower with 548 residences; The Regatta, a 44-story condominium building with 325 residences; The Chandler; a 35-story condominium building with 304 residences; 340 on the Park, a 62-story condominium building with 344 residences; the 51-story The Tides, the community’s second rental property with 607 residences, the 87-story Aqua, the first high-rise in the city designed uniquely to combine condominiums, rental apartments, townhomes, hotel and retail spaces, and The Benton Place Parkhomes, an enclave of 25 gracious townhomes. Coast at Lakeshore East, the community’s fourth rental tower, is now under construction with planned opening of February 2013
A diverse retail component of the community includes a Fifth Third Bank facility, Caffé Rom gourmet coffee shop, and CVS Pharmacy. The Village Market retail center, anchored by a 55,000-square-foot Mariano’s Fresh Food Market and Chicago’s first III Forks Steakhouse, recently opened. Other restaurants headed for the market include Maison A Brasserie and Eggy’s Breakfast Café. Cuticles Nail Salon has also signed a lease.
In addition, the grand opening of the upper-upscale Radisson Blue Aqua hotel that will occupy 18 floors of the Aqua tower and also marks the North American debut for the Radisson Blu brand is scheduled for Nov. 1.
For additional information on Lakeshore East, please visit www.MagellanDevelopment.com. For residential information on residences for sale, please contact Leila Zammatta of Magellan Realty at (312) 493-8200.
Posted by admin | October 18, 2011 | No Comments » |
Jeremy Oremland, 29, a veteran financial analyst, has joined Magellan Development Group, one of Chicago’s most prolific real estate developers, in the newly created position of financial analyst.
In this position Oremland will be responsible for evaluating residential, retail, and mixed-use development opportunities nationwide.
While Magellan’s extensive portfolio of real estate developments has been centered in and around Chicago’s central business district, President David Carlins explains that “our horizons go well beyond Chicago and with his experience Jeremy Oremland will be instrumental in expanding our scope of operations.”
Since its inception in 1996 Magellan’s focus has been high-rise residential and mixed-use projects and the firm has successfully financed more than $2 billion of projects totaling more than 6,600 residential units, more than 517,000 square feet of commercial space and has received more than 60 awards for design and planning excellence. Magellan and its affiliates have designed and developed a wide variety of other projects including commercial, institutional, government, educational, hospital and transportation projects.
The scope of Oremland’s responsibilities includes financial structuring, design, entitlement, construction, marketing, and sales of all Magellan projects, including building development efforts related to Lakeshore East.
Posted by tricia | October 12, 2011 | No Comments » |
Magellan Development Group has scheduled its 5th annual Festival in the Park at Lakeshore East on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The popular Expo-style Festival was created to introduce residents of the emerging neighborhood a block north of Millennium Park to the many shops and services who participate in the unique Magellan Rewards program. The event is open to the public.
Magellan Rewards program aims to enhance the lifestyle of residents by providing members with access to the best downtown Chicago has to offer, from restaurants and shops to entertainment, health & fitness and in-home services to private promotions and special events. New and exciting offers are continuously added to the program online. In addition, the Rewards Program staff orchestrates a full calendar of social activities for residents to enjoy including cocktail parties, networking events, book and social clubs, fitness programs and many more.
Among the more than 60 Magellan Rewards partners providing information and entertainment to Festival visitors are two new Lakeshore East attractions: Mariano’s Fresh Market, III Forks Prime Steakhouse, both at the Village Market retail center and the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. Radisson Blu is an upper-upscale hotel brand that will be making its North American debut this fall in the internationally-acclaimed mixed-use Aqua tower.
The list of dozens of vendors also participating in this year’s event includes Ana’s Maid Service, Angels Maid Service, Café RoM, Centered Chef, CHALK Preschool, Chicago Architectural Foundation, Chicago Institute of Natural Health, S.C., CEO Deliveries, Chocolates on my Pillow, City Scents, City Swarm, Columbia Yacht Club, Cuticles, Custodial Plus, Custom House/Maison/Eggys, Deniz Professional Coaching, Diva N Design, Home Element, Home Spa, House of Maderia, I Wish, I-Go Car Sharing, Jewell Catering, Just Grapes, LimeLight Catering, Lucky Strike, Massage Envy, Mid-America Club and mySpa.
Also participating are North Pier Dental, Organic Looms, Park Grill, PEM Event Marketing, Perl Mortgage, Riva Restaurant, Soaring Solutions, Spa Bark, State Farm Insurance, Total Wellness Systems, Trump Spa, Wash Me Green, West Loop Vet-Dr. Gonsky, Wiggley Walkers, Wonderful Walls, Work it out Chicago and Zip Car.
Other popular attractions will be the 4th annual pet parade at 11:30 a.m. sponsored by West Loop Veterinarians and complimentary fitness classes at 11 a.m. and noon.
Lakeshore East is the $4 billion, award -winning mixed-use ‘village within a city’, energizing the residential expansion of the New East Side on 28 acres a block north of Millennium Park near the confluence of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Upon completion, Lakeshore East will feature 4,950 new residences, along with retail, office and hotel facilities.
For additional information or directions to the Lakeshore East Park, please contact Community Relations Director Vanessa Casciano at 312-642-8869 or vcasciano@magellandevelopment.com.
Posted by admin | October 11, 2011 | No Comments » |
Village Market at Lakeshore East
The highly-anticipated Village Market retail center bordering the Lakeshore East neighborhood on the New Eastside opened on Tuesday, Oct. 4 with the debut of the bi-level Mariano’s Fresh Market. The second anchor tenant, III Forks Steakhouse, opened on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Situated at 333 Benton Place near the southwest corner of the 28-acre award-winning community, the four-story, 105,000-square-foot Village Market is also accessible from Randolph Street east of Blue Cross-Blue Shield headquarters at Columbus Drive. Magellan Development Group and Hanwha Engineering & Construction are joint-venture development partners on the project. The Village Market was designed for Silver LEED certification by Loewenberg Architects and built by McHugh Construction.
“We consider Village Market, which includes a variety of shops, restaurants and services, an enormous convenience not only for people living and working at Lakeshore East but also for our residential and commercial neighbors,” said David Carlins, president of Lakeshore East developer Magellan Development Group. “We view this as a significant step forward to achieving our vision of Lakeshore East as a diversified village in the heart of the city.”
The 55,000-square-foot bi-level Mariano’s supermarket, opened at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, is making its debut in downtown Chicago. It was developed by Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. and named for its chairman, Robert Mariano
Roundy’s is a leading grocer in the Midwest with nearly $4 billion in sales and 20,000 employees. Founded in Milwaukee in 1872, it operates more than 150 retail grocery stores in Wisconsin and Minnesota as well as an expanding chain of Mariano’s Fresh Markets.
III Forks Prime Steakhouse, an acclaimed restaurant originated in Dallas with additional Texas locations in Houston and Austin. III Forks also has locations in Jacksonville, Hallandale and Palm Beach in Florida. III Forks Prime Steakhouse occupies 13,000 square feet and provides a venue for private parties and special events as well as dining. The menu features exclusively USDA Prime Beef, ocean-fresh seafood and locally sourced Midwest fare. III Forks also has an outdoor terrace that overlooks the award-winning six-acre Park at Lakeshore East.
A variety of Village Market tenants preparing for a 2012 opening include Maison A Brasserie, Eggy’s, and Cuticle Nail Salon.
Posted by admin | September 22, 2011 | No Comments » |
Besides creating a vibrant new neighborhood at Lakeshore East, Magellan Development Group is helping put a dent in the current soft-job environment.
“The key to economic recovery is job creation, and I’m pleased with our contribution,” said Joel M. Carlins, co-CEO of master developer Magellan Development Group.
According to Carlins, the growing 28-acre, $4 billion development rising on the New Eastside near the confluence of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan is providing well over 1,000 new job opportunities.
Three new projects currently underway are generating the new jobs directly as well as creating ‘collateral’ job opportunities,
The first two tenants sharing early October grand openings of the Village Market retail center at 333 E. Benton Place – Mariano’s Fresh Market and III Forks Prime Steakhouse – are generating at least 650 jobs, reports Carlins.
From cake decorators to meat cutters and a team of 16 managers Mariano’s, a development of Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., will employ some 450 full-time and part-time workers in its 55,000-square-foot bi-level supermarket.
Another Village Market anchor opening its doors is Chicago’s first upscale III Forks Prime Steakhouse that will occupy 13,000 square feet of the 105,000-square-foot facility and engage a staff in excess of 100.
Two other restaurants preparing for 2012 openings, Maison Brasserie Moderne and Eggy’s breakfast café will provide jobs for dozens more.
“We’ll have more restaurants, shops and service operations at the Village Market that will certainly provide work for many more who are likely to be among the working population who are jobless and looking for work,” said Carlins.
Another significant job-generator at Lakeshore East is the Radisson Blu hotel that is making its North American debut in the mixed-use Aqua tower. Adding one more component to the internationally-acclaimed Aqua, a Jeanne Gang Architects design, the Radisson Blu Aqua is expected to employ a staff of 200 when it opens this fall. Radisson Blu will offer 334 guest rooms, meeting facilities and a Filini Italian restaurant and bar.
Magellan recently broke ground for its eighth high-rise, Coast, a 45-story rental tower designed by the highly-acclaimed architectural firm of Brininstool Kerwin & Lynch (BKL) at 345 E. Wacker Drive. Coast will contain 499 apartments, 18,000 square feet of retail space, including, in all likelihood, a restaurant similar to the III Forks Prime Steakhouse, a 272-car parking facility and substantial indoor and outdoor amenities.
These include an outdoor pool and landscaped deck, a fully-equipped fitness center, resident lounge, business center, media room, an indoor spa area and other features yet to be announced. First occupancy is targeted for February 2013.
“We can count 250 on-site construction jobs for the general contractor, McHugh Construction Co. That’s what I mean by direct construction jobs. How many more indirect jobs attributable to manufacturing all of the building materials, including the glass, flooring, electrical system, plumbing components and all the other pieces that make up a skyscraper like Coast is not a number that’s easy to pin down. Then you add the domino effect of all the scores of people involved in the manufacturing, sales and distribution of the furniture, kitchen appliances and accessories going into those 499 residences and I have to think that runs in to the hundreds of ‘collateral’ jobs,” continued Carlins. Another job-creating dimension of the additions to Lakeshore East is outside services like marketing and advertising that are generated.
Lakeshore East, winner of numerous international planning and design awards, is seen as a preview of the future, a mixed-use development where people can live, work, shop, eat and pursue whatever interests them without having to get into a car. The plan that completes the ambitious Illinois Center development allows for the construction of up to 4,950 residences, a magnificent 6-acre public park, 2.2 million gross square feet of commercial space, up to 1,500 hotel rooms and 770,000 square feet of retail space.
Residential developments at Lakeshore East, is halfway to completion with eight completed and occupied buildings.
For additional information on Lakeshore East, please visit www.MagellanDevelopment.com. For information on residences for sale, please contact Leila Zammatta of Magellan Realty at (312) 493-8200. For information on retail space at Lakeshore East contact Brian Gordon, Vice President of Development at Magellan Development Group at 312-642-8869.
Posted by admin | September 8, 2011 | No Comments » |
Lakeshore East, the rising downtown neighborhood resplendent with internationally-acclaimed architecture and extraordinary amenities has added a significant new dimension – a preschool.
Actually it’s CHALK Preschool that offers two-, three- or five-days a week programs for children aged two to five. It has a capacity of 50 children and has already enrolled 25 youngsters from Lakeshore East and surrounding buildings for the program that got underway on Tuesday, September 7th.
“About half of our starting enrollment – which is open at all times based on availability – comes from families living at Lakeshore East. The rest comes from other residential buildings in the neighborhood as well as children of parents who work at nearby office towers such as Blue Shield-Blue Cross Headquarters and Aon Center,” reports Angela Johnson, CHALK executive director.
She noted that enrollment is expected to increase because there is already a waiting list of children who aren’t old enough yet to begin preschool.
CHALK Preschool will initially provide three classrooms with a private entrance to The Tides at Lakeshore East luxury apartment tower at 360 E. South Water Street.
The school has two teachers with degrees in early childhood or a related field in each classroom as well as a director and assistant director all under the management of Ms. Johnson. The skilled staff provides child-centered learning activities using developmentally- and age-appropriate materials and equipment.
“Our mission is to educate young minds and facilitate the enjoyment of learning. Our teachers provide the vital inspiration for youngsters who are discovering the world around them. All activities and experiences are focused on the children as we aim to support the development of the whole child across emotional, social, physical and cognitive spectra,” Johnson explained.
The school will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Children can be dropped off between 7:30 and 9:15 a.m. and picked up at any time.
Parents are invited to visit the CHALK Preschool at Lakeshore East for a guided tour of the facility at any time during regular business hours. Appointments are not necessary.
For additional information about CHALK Preschool please call (312) 565-7300 or visit the website, www.chalkpreschool.com.
