There’s now a vacant lot where 1044 West Van Buren will soon begin construction.
Tandem is building an 18-story, 196-unit apartment tower designed by Antunovich Associates here. Tandem will be their own general contractor, just as they were at Avra West Loop across the street. They got a tower crane permit on March 25, and the building permit followed on March 30. The two modest buildings previously occupying the site were issued demolition permits on September 30 of 2021. They’re long gone; hence the aforementioned blank canvas.
Tandem plans to have 1044 West Van Buren open for residents next spring.
Full build permitTower crane permitRendering from Antunovich Associates
A tower crane and a very good dog at The Shops at Big Deahl
The new tower crane on West Blackhawk Street is pulling double duty. It’s building The Seng, a five-story condo building at 869 W Blackhawk, and Common Lincoln Park, a 10-story, 400-bed co-living building at 853 W Blackhawk. I know this because I read about it in REjournals; they’ve got all the details you could possibly want at that link.
With two buildings comes lots of permits, including: A demo permit to make a fresh canvas on 4/23/2021 A tent permit for groundbreaking ceremonies on 12/2/2021 A permit for foundation piles on 12/16/2021 The full permit for 853 on 1/19/2022 A tower crane permit on 2/10/2022 The full build permit for 869 on 3/25/2022
I stopped by Sunday to take a look at early vertical progress:
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A sea of rebar waits to be sunk into the earth at Embry.
I could tell the start of Embry was imminent over at 21 North May Street in the West Loop when I walked by Sunday. All the equipment was on hand for caissons, and rebar cages were made. Seemed to me all that was needed was a foundation permit.
Well, a little birdie tells me caissons are a-drillin’ as of this morning. That same birdie also says an entirely separate birdie says the permit was issued this morning. It all adds up. Embry is here.
Embry is being built by Sulo Development, which delivered Hayden West Loop just around the corner. As mentioned, I haven’t seen the foundation permit yet, but it doesn’t take a genius to see McHugh Construction banners on site; they must be the general contractor. My guess is their concrete division is also handling the concrete chores, but I shouldn’t assume. Lamar Johnson Collaborative is the design architect. Their website says to expect 16 stories and 58 luxury condos, which Sulo plans on delivering in 2023.
Congrats, Embry team. Let’s go.
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The tower crane is gone, but work hasn’t skipped a beat at 345 North Morgan in the Fulton Market District.
Sterling Bay’s latest boutique office building is installing windows on what is shaping up to be my favorite new building for nighttime views. And I say that having only been there on sunny days. But mark my words; this is one of those sites you’ll want to get to just as it gets dark at night with the interior lights shining brightly.
345 North Morgan is a ten-story, 200,000-square-foot office building designed by Chicago’s own Eckenhoff SaundersSkender is the general contractor. Their task, along with Adjustable Concrete Construction on concrete, is to have this office building ready for tenants before we close the door on 2022.
The old 345 North Morgan, taken from the original B.U.C. HQ in the West Loop. Demolition wrapping up, December 16, 2019. Stalworth Underground doing caisson work, 08/31/2021
It wasn’t until I looked up the permit history that I remembered 345 having a little trouble getting started. Of course, over the past 24 months, who among us *hasn’t* had a little trouble getting started. The old paint store at 345 North Morgan got a demolition permit on December 5 of 2019. (I still have an unfinished draft that I started in January of 2020.) The foundation permit for the new building was next, issued March 12, 2020. But then things went idle for awhile before caisson work began in August of last summer. The full build permit was issued in June of 2021, and the tower crane was permitted on September 3. And here we are.
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Now THIS is how you brand your building during construction.
Stellar signage atop Gild leaves no doubt as to what’s being built as you look up Rush Street to State.
I’m not quite sure what constitutes the second floor here, but that may very well be the underside of the 12th floor Power Construction is working on. That would darn near top out this 12-story apartment development.
Power Construction is installing windows at 1043 Fulton, and a lot of them, on the north and west façades. Still waiting on glass for the south façade, while that east-facing masonry wall probably won’t need them.
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After breaking ground in June of 2019, the 10-story, 480,000-square-foot outpatient care facility is expected to open to patients in 2022 opening. It is a design by West Loop architecture firm Nia Architects in collaboration with HDR.
You might have noticed the bridge on site for several weeks, waiting for liftoff.
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Look closely and you’ll see the open courtyard inside Clarendale Six Corners.
General contractor Ryan Companies has reached the underside of the seventh floor at Clarendale Six Corners, the senior living community designed by Ryan A+E for developer Ryan Companies. (Yes, you read that correctly; Ryan Companies is multi-talented.) Once it’s achieved its full 10-story height, Clarendale Six Corners will deliver 258 residential units to the Portage Park neighborhood.
As you’ll see in the gallery below, Ryan has made great strides since our last visit here:
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No matter the name, Power Construction topped out the 12-story building in May, and now the tower crane is being disassembled and removed from the site. Still waiting on the first signs of curtain-wall glass.
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