That tower crane off in the distance is building the Ace Hotel, with the help of that cement rig.
An Ace Hotel is on the rise at 311 North Morgan Street in the West Loop. Developed by Sterling Bay, the Ace is dealing 159 keys to the primo location directly across the street from Google’s office building at 1000 Fulton Market.
The design, by Chicago’s GREC Architects, will feature a green roof, first-floor retail, and 30 underground parking spaces. Power Construction has been on the build since last fall, including painstaking efforts to preserve the historic facade that faces Morgan Street.
Because the word “boutique” is fun to use, I will mention that the Ace will be a boutique hotel.
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- Those aren’t just industrial-style billboards. The shipping containers are supporting the historic facade along Morgan Street that’s being preserved.
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- Pouring cement barely within view of the buildingupchicago office.
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- Gratuitous tower crane shot, from a much nicer day.
