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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sales Begin at the Chicago Spire]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</guid><description><![CDATA[An illtimed project that IMO will fail to get the sales it'll need to come to fruition. Chicago has a huge glut of high end real estate - e.g., even the Trump offering which isn't ready for occupancy is struggling despite having soaked up plenty of buyers when times were still booming. Lets face it there is a recession on the horizon and uber vanity projects like this just don't work.<br><br>The people behind the spire will be praying each night that Chicago gets the Olympics and only then will it get a possible international boost. The just announced $900million needed to make the Olympics happen is not being well received.<br><br>While still enjoying a very positive reputation in particular with international visitors, Chicago has major problems looming on the horizon within the city government dealing with budgets and delivery of key services. Every city in the US is in the same boat to be sure, but unlike say a Miami Chicago will be just 5 degrees this weekend. The Millenium Park, AIC, and other museums aside never forget Chicago is brutal in the winter and how attractive is that?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spectacular Bid]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 10:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sales Begin at the Chicago Spire]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</guid><description><![CDATA[Spoken  like  a  true non-Chicagoan.Buildings  like The Spire  don't  get  built  in any  place but chicago...because   this  town has  the  imagination,  the  spirit  and  the  will.  I  heard the  same  insipid  reasoning  befor  John Hancock, Sears Tower and  more recentally Millinium Park  where  built.  Chicago's so called 'brutal' winter is a  non  factor...if it  was remotely significant there are a score of  great cities that would  never  have  been  built...Miami  is  great, but give  me a break..it  takes  much  more  than weather and  nice beaches  to  make a city great.<br>  The  Columbian Expostition in 1893  and 1933 Century  of Progress, both occured  in  times  of deep  natitional economic  DEPRESSION.  A  recession may  stop some builders or  home buyers...but someone  shopping  for  a  15 million dollar home  is  not  gonna  be  that  worried  <br> Lastly...what really  annoyed  me  about  your post  was  the spin  on the Olympics. '...not  well recieved'. What?  Whom?  no  details...becuseit  has  been  less than  48  hours...not  nearly enough  time  to read the  proposals and form a objective  opinion<br><br>  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[arthur  martinez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2008 12:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sales Begin at the Chicago Spire]]></title><link>http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.luxist.com/2008/01/16/sales-begin-at-the-chicago-spire/</guid><description><![CDATA[This place would be like living in a lovely petri dish.<br>You can have it..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2008 9:21PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
