301 South Green is to be a 36-story, 362-unit apartment tower in Chicago’s West Loop. Currently home to one- and two-story brick buildings, the new development would wipe out those two structures and replace them with a glass tower designed by Goettsch Partners.
The tower would include about 1,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 128 parking stalls (for cars) and 250-some spaces to park your bike. Per the Goettsch website, 73 apartments would be affordable units. Per that same website, as well as the presentation shown on the Plan Commission’s site, the developers are GSP Development and Golub & Company.
The Chicago Plan Commission approved the development in October 2022. Since then, news has been quiet.
Demolition continues on Northwestern University’s Ryan Field in Evanston, IL.
Because “Ryan Field demolition progress, in words” would just be “Ryan Field demolition progress continues” and that doesn’t show you much. Much sunnier on this day. Perfectly sunny, in fact. Wednesday March 20, to be specific.
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919 West Fulton had just started poking up out of the ground last time we visited. Now, you can walk along North Sangamon and look up to see progress, as the core juts skyward on this future office building from *Fulton Street Companies.
*Remember the whole 917 vs 919 thing from earlier this month? It looks like perhaps there’s a resolution, as that link from Fulton Street Companies now refers to this project as 919. The old link, the 917 link, is dead.
With the full building permit in hand for this one, having been issued back in November, here are a few more of the players on this team (shameless attempt on my part to chime in on March Madness): FitzGerald – Design Architect Thornton Tomasetti – Structural Engineer Midwest Masonry – Masonry Contractor Edwards Engineering – Refrigeration, Ventilation Contractor DW Mechanical Group – Plumbing Contractor Maron Electric Company – Electrical Contractor MAP Strategies – Permit Expeditor
Progress continues from Skender and Adjustable. Check it out, photographed on Wednesday, March 20:
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Construction crews works on finishing exterior touches at The Elizabeth.
Formerly known as, and still addressed as, 225 North Elizabeth, The Elizabeth is getting closer and closer to welcoming its first tenants. I don’t know when the name was changed, but I just noticed it this morning, so it’s brand new to me.
Sterling Bay’s 28-story apartment tower in the West Loop is a design by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, and will feature 350 rental units. The project website shows rental fees ranging from just under $2,000 for studio apartments, up to $6,450 for three-bedroom abodes.
Sterling Bay broke ground on The Elizabeth in September 2022, with James McHugh Construction serving as the general contractor.
I dug through the building permits, and here are (some of) the team members deserving of congratulations on another residential development in Chicago’s (and the country’s) hottest neighborhood. There are probably 8.3 million sub-contractors on a project like this. If I could find them all, I’d list ’em:
You can view posts about construction progress using the 225 North Elizabeth tag.
A few recent-ish photos as The Elizabeth wrapped up exterior construction:
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Clark Construction’s Instagram announcement that 633 South LaSalle has topped out.
633 South LaSalle has topped out in the South Loop. Clark Construction said so on their Instagram (and Twitter) account Friday afternoon, stating the project had topped out earlier in the week. The 18-story tower will have apartments and co-living spaces.
Congratulations are in order for the entire 633 team, including:
The scene Monday, March 11, at 400 lake Shore in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.
CaissonFest is underway at 400 Lake Shore, as Keller North America and team have begun drilling into the earth around the old Chicago Spire’s cofferdam. I’m told about 50 caissons need to be drilled & filled to supplement the support offered by that big hole in the ground, the one that just got a boatload of concrete dumped into it. So this crew should be around for awhile.
Lots of equipment, lots of people on site. So, lots of photos.
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This crane’s been at work for a while. It’s erecting a six-story parking deck in front of the International Terminal 5 at O’Hare Airport. The rendering looks kinda like a cruise ship. I like it. Better than an ORDinary parking garage. 1,700 parking stalls will replace what had been a surface parking lot.
Overhead view from Paschen Concrete on LinkedIn.From the tramFrom the Blue Line
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The Habitat Company today announced pre-leasing has opened at Cassidy on Canal, their 33-story, 343-unit apartment tower at 350 North Canal in the Fulton River District. The development, built on the site of the former Cassidy Tire building, expects to welcome its first tenants in May. Apartments include a mix of studios, one- and two-bedrooms, plus penthouse units. Rents range from ~$2,500 per month up to over $10,000 per months for penthouses.
You can read the entire press release on pre-leasing here.
September 2023:
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Renovation of the former St. Boniface Church in Noble Square.
The conversion of the former St. Boniface Church in Noble Square continues to progress. Below you’ll find galleries of pictures taken in August 2023, and updated progress on March 11 of this year.
March 11, 2024:
August 30, 2023:
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868 South Wells, the second tower at North Union, is Darn Near Done
The thing about taking a break is that projects in the middle of construction suddenly seem completed when you miss a few months. Take 868 North Wells. I blinked, and now there’s no more tower crane, the glass is full to the top, and there isn’t much left to see.
Granted, I did stop by North Union a few times in late summer, but didn’t get around to posting photos. So what the heck. Let’s post some photos from visits in August and September of 2023, and a few of the Darn Near Done tower from March 2024, starting with the most recent.
Congrats to the development team on topping out at 868:
Foundation – issued 09/06/2022 Tower crane – issued 10/12/2022 Full building – issued 01/04/2023 Hoist – issued 03/03/2023 Tower crane phase 2 – issued 04/06/2023
And finally, photos from my last 4 visits to 868 North Wells:
March 2024:
September 2023:
920 North Wells868 & 920920 North Wells
August 2023:
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