In the Windy City, Related Midwest is teaming up with Gensler and HOK to relocate the Chicago White Sox from the South Side to the South Loop. The new White Sox stadium is being planned at The 78, a tentative mixed-use megadevelopment backed by Related Midwest. Under the current plan, the Sox’s current home at Guaranteed Rate Field would be repurposed as a soccer stadium. Gensler is responsible for The 78’s master plan, and HOK is the stadium designer.
The 78 would deliver a 62-acre mixed-use neighborhood along the Chicago River just south of Roosevelt Road, as reported by Lee Bey for the Chicago Sun Times.
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