An overhead view of 919 West Fulton from Skender on Instagram.
As you can see from Skender’s Instagram post above, Fulton Street Companies‘ latest development, 919 West Fulton, an 11-story office building in the heart of the West Loop/Fulton Market District, continues its progress. All work is above street level now.
Photos were taken Monday, April 22:
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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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Skender and Adjustable have added the 3rd dimension to 919 West Fulton,
It’s true that we first visited 919 West Fulton* just last week to check on progress. But when in Rome, you snap photos of Rome. Or something. I had to go by the site over the weekend, and saw significant work to get this future office building up to street level. That’s worth documenting. Besides, there aren’t that many tower-crane jobs happening in Chicago at the moment.
*Yep, that link from developer Fulton Street Companies refers to this project as *917* West Fulton. Everything else uses *919* for it. The permits don’t help; they’re all addressed to 217 N. Sangamon.
For now, I’m going with 919, even though siding with the developer is generally the better way to go. I just like the “nine” ending instead of “seven.” We’ll get it straightened out in good time. Or maybe this building will get a random moniker that makes moot the whole 917/919 controversy.
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Best place to view 919 West Fulton construction? The CTA Morgan Street Green/Pink Line platform.
The tower crane is up, and foundations are down — below street level that is — at the West Loop’s 919 West Fulton, an 11-story, 530-square-foot office building from Fulton Street Companies.
That address — 919 West Fulton Market — is probably where you’ll want your company’s mail delivered to if you lease office space here, but to the city of Chicago, the address is 217 North Sangamon Street, for permit purposes. And to date, those permits include: “Deep Foundations” — issued 9-29-2023 Tower Crane — issued 10-12-2023.
Skender is your general contractor on this one, with an assist from Adjustable Concrete Construction as the concrete contractor. (Patting myself on the back because I never call it “cement”)
FitzGerald is the design architect. The new building is going right next door to their old offices, which were located in Lake Street Lofts at Lake and Peoria.
I chose a less-than-perfectly-sunny day to check out the early stages of construction, but that’s a good thing, because it means I can go back for more pics much sooner than I otherwise would have when we get a nicer day. Win/win.
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