That didn’t take long at all.

Skender took to Twitter Friday to announce the topping-out of 609 West Randolph in the West Loop.

Congratulations to Vista Property Group and the entire project team for topping off 609 W Randolph this week. The 15-story office building will be complete in early 2022. pic.twitter.com/of6IB0YTjn

— Skender (@SkenderBuild) May 14, 2021

Design architect Antunovich Associates was all over the ceremonial news as well, and much earlier. I saw this post and thought “Already? That can’t be right.” So, my apologies to everyone at Antunovich.

Congratulations to the entire team involved in the 609 West Randolph Office Building! We love working with our friends at Vista Property Group, @SkenderBuild, @adjustableconc, Advance Mechanical Systems, @TheTitanElec, Ewing-Doherty Mechanical, and @USAFire #architecture pic.twitter.com/TdZJjaYTag

— AntunovichAssociates (@AntunovichAssoc) May 11, 2021

Heck, I was there that day (and a couple days before that), and I had no idea topping out was imminent. Nice work by everyone involved. Fast work, too.

Next milestone to come: Glass.

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