Got a surprise in my Instagram feed today, when this post popped up from Sterling Bay:
This is what The Dylan looked like last week, as the exterior nears completion:
160 North Morgan is now The Dylan
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225 North Elizabeth gets its glass in gear
The future 28-story apartment tower at 225 North Elizabeth in the Fulton Market District is up to about the 20th level. But it’s much easier to count the levels of glass than the levels of concrete. There’s one. One level of glass. I know this for a fact because I took a look on a gorgeous May Sunday and did the math in my head. There’s one level of glass. Not a complete level, mind you. But one, just the same.
Here are some photos to prove it:
Arthur on Aberdeen apartment development is topped out in the West Loop
Last week, LG Group announced the topping out of Arthur on Aberdeen, the 19-story, 363-unit apartment building in Chicago’s West Loop. So last week, I took a 360-degree walk around the site for a look at progress from GC Power Construction and CC (concrete contractor) McHugh Concrete.
Congrats to the entire team, including design-architect NORR, and the topping out of a great-looking building on a sunny day.
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DonateAnother Chicago Water Tank bites the dust
We lost another Chicago Water Tank this month.
The water tank atop Greek Islands restaurant at 200 S Halsted Street in Greektown was issued a demolition permit March 3rd. By the 12th, it was gone, leaving only the steel supports as a reminder of its existence. That, and the photos we have of it.
Better take photos of those that still remain, and soon. They’re an endangered species in Chicago.
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DonateCoppia apartment building is beginning to rise at 1101 West Van Buren
Coppia, a 19-story, 298-unit residential tower from developer Pizzuti, broke ground early this year at 1101 West Van Buren Street in the West Loop. The apartment project fills in one of the few remaining spaces along the north side of the Eisenhower Expressway as you head west out of town. Design architect Goettsch Partners and general contractor Power Construction are part of Pizzuti’s team on this one.
Coppia has received permits for:
the tower crane on 12/15/2022
caissons on 12/22/20022
the construction hoist on 1/18/2023
foundations through level 4 on 1/18/2023
Photos taken April 12:
The second grouping of photos was taken March 15. There wasn’t much to see then. But lots of progress since.
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DonateGlazing Gets Going at Arthur on Aberdeen
Arthur on Aberdeen, the residential project at 210 North Aberdeen in the West Loop from LG Group, has grown by leaps and bounds since I last stopped by in August. I went by last week and found the first level of curtain wall almost complete. And you know how much I enjoy seeing the early signs of glass on a building. I figure it’s about time I posted some of those photos, eh?
Power Construction is on duty here as the general contractor. McHugh Concrete is handling masonry duties.
The NORR-designed apartment tower will boast 363 units across 19 stories.
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DonateThe Row Fulton Market picks up where 900 Randolph left off
New name, same tall slim apartment tower in the West Loop, as what used to be known during construction as 900 Randolph, at 164 North Peoria, is now The Row Fulton Market, though the North Peoria address remains.
I saw the topped out tower for the first time since late summer this past weekend. As you know, Sunday wasn’t a very pleasant day. Thankfully, there’s a new batch of renderings available, courtesy of Related Midwest, that depict the new tower on warm sunny days. Which I think we’re all looking forward to.
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DonateIn today’s edition of They Grow Up So Fast, it’s Sterling Bay’s 160 North Morgan
Turn your back on these kids for two seconds, and I’m telling you, they grow out of control.
160 North Morgan is a development from Sterling Bay
A creation by bKL Architecture.
A project for The Big Green W.
It will be 30 stories tall.
It will have 282 apartments.
It will contain parking for 89 cars.
It will have 2,657 square feet of retail space.
It will sit right in the middle of my favorite neighborhood.
It still has a tower crane.
It has a lot of curtain wall installed.
It looks like it’s reached the 23rd or 24th floor.
Progress photos, taken January 29, 2023:
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Donate732 West Randolph’s purple reign in the West Loop
The tower crane is gone from 732 West Randolph as the eight-story office building nears exterior completion. And granted, I don’t live in the West Loop, so I don’t see this building every day. But if I did, I’d be fine with keeping it mildly purple. Food for thought.
732 West Randolph gets even with its neighbors
I should explain that headline. You see, 732 West Randolph isn’t in a dispute with its neighbors. These ain’t the Hatfields and McCoys. In fact, 732 and 730 West Randolph are practically joined at the hip. 732’s first six levels will be connected to 730, with two additional levels rising just above the six-story 730. Make sense? Suffice it to say, both buildings are six stories tall now.
As is often the case with my procrastinating ways, here are photos from a couple recent visits.
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