From The Chicago Tribune
Amtrak has asked seven architectural and real estate firms to submit proposals to redevelop a key part of Chicago’s Union Station and plans to select a winning proposal by the end of May.
The firms include the Chicago office of architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Chicago developer U.S. Equities Realty and the Chicago office of Jones Lang LaSalle, which currently manages Union Station for Amtrak.
The firms are being asked to come up with plans for Union Station’s neo-classical Headhouse building (above), which is bounded by Clinton, Canal, Jackson and Adams streets.
“This is a pretty blank sheet of paper,” said Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari. “We will be looking for some creative, imaginative and transportation-oriented uses of the building.”