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[QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 3137383, member: 716"]
Actually, a (progressive) local developer pointed out to me that WSP and its architect did a poor job with that space - the better comps for how to do it are around the corner in a couple directions, both at East Jefferson and South Warren (the back side of the Cafe Kubal block, I forget the tenant) and the office space at Center Armory on Walton. Both physical buildings are built to the property line and (I think this is common knowledge and not divulging confidential terms) their leases call for the blinds to remain open during business hours.

Sugarman has that cheapo landscaping buffering the building from the sidewalk and the building doesn't engage with the streetscape in any meaningful way. The developer learned from this mistake - there's a big difference between this and the Advance Media space in his Merchants Bank redevelopment downtown.

Retail trumps office space, but if the developer's got a hardship, office space can be made to work. At Solar and Kirkpatrick, IMO, it needs to be the former. Gotta create a streetscape conducive to drawing guests at the Aloft to walk south on Solar in the evening. The purpose behind the Lakefront zoning, after all, was to correct the mistakes that created the suburban office park nature of Franklin Square.
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