
The 14-story tower that makes up about 78% of Kenect’s floorage. If floorage was a word.
At 500 North Milwaukee Avenue in the West Town neighborhood, Akara Partners is developing Kenect, a two-building apartment complex designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners.
When complete, Kenect will have a 14-story tower on the west side of North Green Street with 179 apartments, and a 4-story structure on the east side of Green Street with 48 units. The two will share 122 car parking spaces and 50 bike parking spaces, while the entire complex will include some 14,000 square feet of retail space.
- Kenect, with outstanding photobombs from River Point and the Sears Tower.
- 4 stories of Kenect, along Milwaukee Avenue.
- The unique framework along Milwaukee Avenue taking form in January .
- That framework looks like this now.
- Looking northwest from Grand Avenue.
- Early work on the 14-story tower, July
- And on the 4-story portion, also July
- Kenect had a wonderful tower crane…
- …so wonderful, that even the moon couldn’t help but visit.
- Kenect got its first glass back in November 2015.
- Yeah, I won’t go up there and do that, what they’re doing. Nope.
- The unfortunate rat traps that were demolished to make room for Kenect.
- The unfortunate rat traps that were demolished to make room for Kenect.