Don’t believe me? Marquette Management has proof. And it looks like it was quite a party. Congrats to Marquette Companies, Power Construction, and Brininstool + Lynch on the big two-fer!
Evo Union Park and Parq Fulton have topped out
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1454 West Randolph is now Evo Union Park, and it’s in on the glass game
Step aside, 1400. You’re not the only one on this street lending a touch of glass to the neighborhood.
1454 West Randolph is getting its glazing on over in West Town. But not only does it have new glass, it also has a new name.
Evo Union Park is the moniker attached to this one, per developer Marquette Companies’ website. Cool. 1454 West Randolph had an awful lot of syllables to get through.
So congrats on the two milestones at Evo Union Park to Marquette, design architect Brininstool + Lynch, and GC Power Construction. Next up: topping out!
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DonateChecking up on 1454 West Randolph
1454 West Randolph isn’t trying to keep up with its taller sibling at 1400. It doesn’t have to; it got started later, and it isn’t going to be nearly as tall. It just wants to be who it is. Now at the underside of the eighth floor, it has just three more to go.
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DonateA Sears Tower Tower Crane Survey
Visits to Skydeck aren’t quite back to pre-pandemic normal. I usually go up there and spend a couple hours taking pictures of everything I see. Three times. Can’t do that anymore. So I got what I could remember I wanted to get.
Like tower cranes. Some of them, anyway.
One of the secrets to taking photos from Skydeck is avoiding the bad windows. Much of what looks like smooth, clear glass will distort your pictures. Short on time, I failed to be selective. I also failed to be prepared.
You’ll see what I mean.
Clarendale Six Corners is missing; it’s too far away. I also tried to see the tower crane in Oak Park, but had no luck. Oh for a tripod, more time, and something ridiculous like a 1000mm zoom lens.
320 South Canal is the easiest one to see. That booom just about touches the Sears Tower. Okay, not really. But it’s nearby. 
609 West Randolph. 
1043 West Randolph. I forgot to look for ths one, so instead of using a zoom lens, I cropped a photo. Fail. 
1400 and 1454 West Randolph. 
Gild Chicago. Another one I forgot to look for. It is *barely* visible, and only partially so, dead-center of this crop. 
300 North Michigan. Yep, forgot this one too. Another crop. Another tough-too-see one. 
One Chicago. 
Salesforce Tower 
The Gateway Apartments (2050 West Ogden) 
UI Health
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Donate🏗 May begins in Chicago with 11 tower cranes in the air 🏗
Remember that era of 30-something tower cranes?
Where are our tower cranes?
- West Loop – 4
- River North – 2
- One each in: The Loop (320 South Canal); West Town (1454 West Randolph); Portage Park (Clarendale Six Corners); Gold Coast (Gild); Illinois Medical District (IL Health)
What are they building?
- Residential – 5.5 (300 North Michigan is half res/half hotel
- Office – 4
- Medical – 1 (IL Health)
- Hotel – .5 (300 North Michigan)
Who has tower cranes?
- Power Construction – 6
- 5 GCs with one each: Ryan Companies (Clarendale Six Corners): Clark Construction (320 South Canal); Skender (609 West Randolph); Walsh Construction (Salesforce Tower); Pepper Construction (UI Health)
We still have a stub only at 2050 West Ogden. 354 North Union has begun caisson work; that should be getting a tower crane permit any day now. 1000M, 320 South Clinton, 345 North Morgan, and 178 West Randolph still have outstanding tower-crane permits.
300 North Michigan 
320 South Canal 
609 West Randolph 
1043 Fulton 
1400 West Randolph and 1454 West Randolph 
Clarendale Six Corners 
One Chicago 
Salesforce Tower 
UI Health 
Gild Chicago
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DonateProgress Update: 1454 West Randolph
Checking in on the farther-west of two developments from Marquette Companies.
1454 West Randolph is also the shorter of the two projects (1400 West Randolph is the other), bringing 11 stories and 242 units to the triangular lot bounded by Randolph Street, Ogden Avenue, and Lake Street. Designed by Brininstool + Lynch; built by Power Construction.
1454 West Randolph will deliver 242 new apartments to West Town
1454 West Randolph is the second of Marquette Companies‘ apartment developments currently testing the boundaries of what I think of as the West Loop. Yes, West Town may be more suitable for this one, as it’s located west of Ogden Avenue. But I shamelessly admit the West Loop is my favorite of Chicago neighborhoods, even though it’s not one of our official community areas.
1454 West Randolph will be an 11-story, 242-unit apartment building. Brininstool + Lynch is the design architect. Power Construction is the general contractor. Marquette plans to welcome tenants early next year.
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