Demolition Permit Signals End and Beginning for 1411 South Michigan

Posted on July 8, 2016 by danieldschell

1411 South Michigan will soon be no more, replaced by a new, improved, taller 1411 South Michigan.

A demolition permit filed by the City of Chicago on Thursday will bring down the former home of the Chicago Department of Children and Family Services at 1411 South Michigan Avenue in the South Loop, making way for new rental tower. (1411 South Michigan also previously housed the National Association of Letter Carriers.)

1411 South Michigan will be a 15-story apartment tower from Chicago developer Russland Capital Group. Designed by the architecture firm of Boarman Kroos Vogel Group, 1411 South Michigan will have 199 rental units ranging from studios to 3-bedroom apartments. 40,000 square feet of commercial space is included in the plans as well. Lendlease will serve as the general contractor.

Alliance Demolition is ready to get to the demolishing part.

A rendering of 1411 South Michigan from Russland Capital Group.

Unless used at the new 1411 South Michigan, this would make for a great souvenir piece.

The Demo Permit.

Clybourn 1200 Piecing Together Nicely

Posted on June 22, 2016 by danieldschell

Clybourn 1200 is being pieced together by a massive ground crane, like an out-of-hand game of Tetris.

Clybourn 1200 is a new mixed-use, mixed-income apartment project from Brinshore Development. Depending on your perspective, it’s in the Gold Coast neighborhood, the Goose Island area, the Cabrini-Green neighborhood, or the Near North.

The V-shaped building, designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners to fit in the triangular lot at 1200 North Clybourn Avenue, will have 77 apartments for people, a whole bunch of roof-top hives for bees, and 17,000 square feet of space for retailers, including a day-care center for children.

McShane Construction is on the build, a notable site for its massive red crane parked in the middle of the lot.

: The “front” of Clybourn 1200, facing Division Street.

: This facade faces North Clybourn.

: McShane Construction personnel atop Clybourn 1200.

: The big red crane doing what big red cranes do.

: It picked it up, now it’s setting it down.

: Come on, admit it. That’s an amazing piece of machinery.

: Getting kinda personal, shooting it from the back like this, but you can see the counterweight required for heavy lifting cross a large site like this one.

Riverline Lowers the Boom

Posted on June 19, 2016 by danieldschell

There’s a massive yellow crane on site at Riverline, waiting to throw stuff around.

They started pushing dirt around this March in preparation for the huge Riverline project along South Wells Street in the South Loop. The lot has been level — and idle — for a while now, but the ridiculous yellow crane above looks like a pretty good sign more work is imminent.

Approved by the Chicago Plan Commission back on November 19, Riverline is a massive development from CMK Companies. Expect 5 buildings to rise on the site, in multiple construction phases. They’ll combine for 2,700 dwelling units and 16,500 square feet of retail space.