There’s no mistaking Gild Chicago

Posted on July 28, 2021 by danieldschell

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.

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A verticality update at Gild Chicago

Posted on June 24, 2021 by danieldschell

Gold Coast’s lone tower crane continues sending Gild skyward at State and Division. The future 12-story, 89-unit apartment building from Newcastle Limited had reached the sixth level when I stopped by last weekend.

Gild is a design by CallisonRTKL. Power Construction is on the build.

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Gild Chicago levels up

Posted on May 14, 2021 by danieldschell

No more hiding below the fenceline for Gild Chicago.

Crews were pouring concrete on the second floor Thursday for the 12-story tower. If you were stuck in traffic in the Gold Coast neighborhood for 45 seconds, this is the reason. Those see-ment mixers don’t have a whole lot of maneuvering room at State and Division, but kudos to the Power Construction guys for keeping cars and pedestrians moving thru with minimal delays. A well-oiled machine, they are.

Gild Chicago concrete pour, May 13, 2021

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Gild starts to peek above fence level

Posted on April 15, 2021 by danieldschell

Progress is beginning to show above the fence line at Gild in the Gold Coast neighborhood. There might not be much to see yet, but thanks to the power of a tower crane, soon there’ll be 12 stories to peruse, and rent, if you’d like.

First Visit: Gild gets underway in the Gold Coast neighborhood

Posted on March 15, 2021 by danieldschell

Gild, at State and Division in Gold Coast, is underway.

A bunch of short stuff was demolished to make room for a not-as-short apartment building at 1210 North State.

Gild is coming to Gold Coast. This 12-story, 89-unit apartment building from Newcastle Limited will also include nearly 18,000 square feet of retail space. It is a design by CallisonRTKL, and is being built by Power Construction.

Stuff That’s Done: 61 Banks Street is open on Lake Shore Drive

Posted on February 20, 2020 by danieldschell

There aren’t many surface parking lots along the west side of Lake Shore Drive. And at the end of 2017, one of them was torn up to make room for a new apartment building.

61 Banks Street in a 58-unit rental development at 61 East Banks St., obvs. At eight stories, it’s short enough that it doesn’t block many views behind it, but since it sits right on the lakefront, its own views must be amazing.

Draper & Kramer, who we just dropped in on recently at 2111 South Wabash, is 61’s developer. Booth Hansen is the design architect; Leopardo Companies was on the build. The building opened to tenants in June 2019.

: 61 East Banks

: 61 East Banks has begun to rise at Lake Shore Drive and Banks Street.

Say goodbye to State and Division as we know (knew?) it

Posted on January 8, 2020 by danieldschell

This whole corner of the Gold Coast is soon to be wiped clean.

Say goodbye to McFadden’s. And Hash House a Go-Go. And P.J. Clarke’s, Tip Top Inn, Palette Chicago, Chase Bank, Paradise Cantina, Five Faces Ice Cream, and whatever else has ever been on the northwest corner of State Parkway and Division Street in the Gold Coast neighborhood. Because it’s all coming down.

A bunch of demolition permits were issued January 2nd, allowing for the removal of the edifices at 1200, 1204, 1206, and 1210 North State, and 10 West Division. Which may or may not include what was once Mothers Too, though that address was 14 West. 10 and 14 might be considered one building.

Heneghan Wrecking is tasked with the tear downs, and it looks like they might be making space for this, according to the Chicago Architecture Blog. The permits don’t help much with developer info; Good Luck Glades LLC? Sunny Glade LLC? Loockout LLC? What the heck are those? And what’s with the “12 and 3-story building” on the 1204 permit? Confusion reigns.

: 10 West Division demo permit

: 10-14 West Division

: 1200 North State demo permit

: 1200 North State

: 1204 North State demo permit

: 1204 North State

: 1206 North State demo permit

: 1206 North State

: 1210 North State demo permit

: 1210 North State

Let’s turn back the clock, via Google Streetview:

: McFadden’s via Google Streetview

: Paradise Cantina via Google Streetview

: Chase Bank via Google Streetview

: Mother’s Too via Google Streetview

: Palette Chicago via Google Streetview

: Tip Top Inn via Google Streetview

: Washington Mutual via Google Streetview

: P.J. Clarke’s via Google Streetview

: Five Faces Ice Cream via Google Streetview

61 East Banks is rising along the lakefront

Posted on May 25, 2018 by danieldschell

As seen from North Avenue Beach, 61 East Banks is making quite an impression along the Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive.

Granted, it would be even better with another 40 stories or so. But I can’t stop imagining the views from 61 East Banks, the new apartment building that took over a surface parking lot on Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood.

At just eight stories, residents of the 60 new units won’t have elevated views of Lake Michigan, but since they’ll be right on the water, they won’t need height. Location is key here.

Draper & Kramer is the developer of 61 East Banks; Leopardo Companies is handling general contractor duties. Designed by Booth Hansen, 61 East Banks has already risen to its 8-story goal. That pretty yellow tower crane along the water will probably come down soon, but you can still marvel at it from the lakefront path for now.

A shiny new tower crane has 61 East Banks rising above grade

Posted on April 3, 2018 by danieldschell

61 East Banks has begun to rise at Lake Shore Drive and Banks Street.

61 East Banks is no longer a parking lot. Nor is it a ground-level construction site. Nope. Now that Leopardo Companies has a pretty yellow tower crane to rule over the land, 61 East Banks has now risen above street level in the Gold Coast neighborhood, on its way to eight stories and 60 new apartments.

61 East Banks putting its tower crane to good use

Posted on March 1, 2018 by danieldschell

One of the new 2018-model tower cranes in Chicago is doing work out at 61 East Banks in the Gold Coast Neighborhood. Which is impressive, considering that the operator of that machine has to be seriously distracted by the views of Lake Michigan, what with the prime location along Lake Shore Drive and all. No matter though. Focus. That’s how structures go vertical.

Draper & Kramer is building this 8-story, 60-unit apartment building, designed by Booth Hansen. This is the second tower crane in Chicago for Leopardo Companies, which also has one in the West Loop at their future HQ, 210 North Carpenter.