Loop data center pitched for landmarked office building

Loop data center pitched for landmarked office building

A Chicago investor’s plan to convert part of a landmarked Loop office building into a data center received its first city approval last week, a move Chicago’s leading preservationist group called “a dangerous precedent.”Igor Gabal is pitching the conversion of the second through sixth floors of 300 W. Adams St. into a data center, with a new ComEd vault to power it. Ten backup generators would also be installed on the building’s roof.The Commiss…