In case you ever get to go to a Cubs sport once more, you’ll discover that the custom of staggering from the bleachers to the Taco Bell throughout the road is over. The Taco Bell is gone. As a replacement a brand new four-story industrial constructing is rising on the nook of Addison and the area that was the Chicago and Evanston Railroad.

Wrigleyville Spy Joel pitched this development picture of 1111 West Addison into our tip line.
The four-story constructing is from Summit Design+Build and Hirsch MPG. It’s anticipated to have three retailers on the bottom ground, and one retailer within the different three flooring — a health club. It is going to be 65 ft tall, with 56,000 sq. ft of area.

Exhausting core Cubs followers, and people into outdated Chicago images, could keep in mind that there use to be a coaling station subsequent to Wrigley Area, and the previous railroad right-of-way subsequent to this new constructing served that facility on Seminary Avenue. It was a part of the outdated Chicago and Evanston Railroad’s Lakewood department line, and allowed workplace staff in The Loop to take a prepare from what’s now Ogilvie Station on to Wrigley Area. Along with coal, the road was recognized for linking a lot of sweet factories again within the days when Chicago was the king of confections in America.
Because the north facet turned much less industrial over time, the rails had been used much less and fewer. The coal yard was torn down in 1961, and freight stopped operating up this far within the 1970’s.

Location: 1111 West Addison Road, Wrigleyville