Chicago closes 2017 having had a record 62 tower cranes operating across the skyline throughout the year. Before 2018 takes over, let’s recap them all.
Who had tower cranes in 2017?
- Power Construction – 13
- Lendlease – 13
- McHugh Construction – 11
- Linn-Mathes – 4
- Walsh Construction – 3
- W.E. O’Neil – 3
- Clark Construction – 2
- 13 companies had one tower crane in 2017: Pepper Construction (Moxy Hotel); Macon Construction (No. 508); Centaur Construction (Nobu Hotel); Onni Group (Old Town Park); Optima (Optima Signature); M.A. Mortenson Company (Home2 Suites River North); Norcon (Illume Chicago); Bulley-Andrews (DePaul School of Music); Clayco (Cook County Central Campus Health Center); Novak Construction (171 Aberdeen); Leopardo Companies (210 North Carpenter); Tishman (aLoft Chicago Mag Mile); DLG (3833 North Broadway)
Where were they?
- West Loop – 13
- South Loop – 11
- River North – 9
- Streeterville – 8
- Lincoln Park – 5
- Lake View – 4
- Near North – 2
- Gold Coast – 2
- Lakeshore East – 2
- Six neighborhoods had one crane each in 2017 – The Loop (151 North Franklin); Illinois Medical District (Cook County Central Campus Health Center); Uptown (Eight Eleven Uptown); Hyde Park (Solstice on the Park); River West (Spoke); Wicker Park (Wicker Park Connection)
What were they building?
- Residential – *40.5
- Hotel – 10
- Office – *5.5
- Medical – 3
- There was one Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meetinghouse) one School (DePaul School of Music) and one Commercial building (The Apple Store)
* One crane built Hubbard 221 (residential) and 412 North Wells (office) hence the half-crane in those two categories. The two tower cranes at Vista Tower are building residences and a hotel, so one crane goes to each of those two categories.
And now, photographs of all our 2017 Chicago Tower Cranes:
- 3Eleven (311 West Illinois)
- 8 East Huron
- 151 North Franklin
- 171 Aberdeen (171 North Aberdeen)
- 210 North Carpenter
- 465 North Park
- 625 West Adams
- 640 North Wells
- 727 West Madison
- 900 West (900 West Washington)
- 1326 South Michigan
- 1407 On Michigan (1411 South Michigan)
- 3833 North Broadway
- Addison & Clark (1025 West Addison)
- aLoft Chicago Mag Mile (243 East Ontario)
- Alta Roosevelt (801 South Financial)
- Ancora at Riverline (720 South Wells)
- The Apple Store (401 North Michigan)
- Belmont Village (700 West Fullerton)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Meetinghouse (822 North Clark)
- Cook County Central Campus Health Center (1950 West Polk)
- DePaul School of Music (2330 North Halsted)
- Eight Eleven Uptown (811 West Agatite)
- Elevate Lincoln Park (930 West Altgeld)
- Eleven40 (1136 South Wabash)
- Emme (165 North Desplaines)
- Essex on the Park (808 South Michigan)
- Gallery on Wells (167 West Erie)
- Hilton Homewood Suites/Hilton Garden Inn (1101 South Wabash)
- Hilton Triple-branded Hotels (123 East Cermak)
- Home2 Suites River North (110 West Huron)
- Hotel Zachary (3630 North Clark)
- Hoxton Chicago (200 North Green)
- Hubbard221/412 North Wells (412 North Wells)
- Illume Chicago (111 South Peoria)
- Landmark West Loop (1035 West Van Buren)
- Marlowe (675 North Wells)
- Marriott Marquis (2121 South Prairie)
- McDonald’s Headquarters (110 North Carpenter)
- Moxy Hotel (530 North LaSalle)
- No. 9 Walton (9 West Walton)
- No. 508 (508 West Diversey)
- Nobu Hotel (854 West Randolph)
- Old Town Park (1140 North Wells)
- One Bennett Park (451 East Grand)
- One Grant Park (1200 South Indiana)
- Optima Signature (220 East Illinois)
- Renelle on the River (403 North Wabash)
- Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center (303 East Superior)
- Solstice on the Park (1616 East 56th)
- Spoke (1001 West Chicago)
- The Lincoln Common (2335 & 2345 North Lincoln)
- The Sinclair (1201 North LaSalle)
- The Van Buren (808 West Van Buren)
- Vista Tower (363 & 401 East Wacker)
- Wicker Park Connection (1640 West Division)