Construction Update: Alta Roosevelt

Posted on July 29, 2016 by danieldschell

Alta Roosevelt, 801 South Financial Place, in the South Loop.

Has the ringing in your ears subsided? Good. That’s because Walsh Construction is done pounding piles into the ground at 801 South Financial Place in the South Loop. Alta Roosevelt is now focusing on height, instead of depth.

Let’s refresh: Alta Roosevelt is a 33-story, almost-500-unit apartment tower designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners. It’ll have a whole bunch of parking spots, tons of amenities, and no space for retail. The core is rising out of the ground now, and a full-build permit should be filed in the very near future.

: Humble beginnings of the core back on July 9.

: Gratuitous tower crane shot.

: Looks like a building supply yard.

Alta Roosevelt Sends a New Tower Crane Into South Loop Sky

Posted on June 20, 2016 by danieldschell

The new tower crane at Alta Roosevelt in the South Loop, 801 South Financial Place.

Unless you’re the one who has to climb it every day, it just got a lot easier to move things around at the Alta Roosevelt construction site.

Walsh Construction assembled a tower crane last week at the soon-to-be 33-story apartment tower designed by Pappageorge Haymes Partners. Walsh has been driving piles into the ground since getting a foundation permit from the City of Chicago back in March, while the tower crane permit arrived June 7.

801 Financial tweeted some fantastic photos just after the tower crane was put together.

https://twitter.com/801Financial/status/744170327891054594

It should come as no surprise to you that I have a few more photos of the crane below.

: There’s room for growth.

: Not crane related, just a hole in the ground.

Alta Roosevelt Rings In Summer, Then Plants a Crane

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Wandered through the South Loop recently? Wondering about that ringing in your ears? Well, ask not for whom the bell tolls. Mostly because those aren’t bells.

As you’ve likely figured out by now, that sound — that really loud sound — is coming from Alta Roosevelt, the 33-story rental tower being constructed at 801 South Financial Place. Designed by Chicago firm Pappageorge Haymes Partners, Alta Roosevelt will have 496 studios, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, and a whopping 348 parking spaces to go along with them. In an unusual twist from the current building trend, there will be no retail space included.

According to PHP, the tower will feature “resort-like amenities.” These types of highfalutin perks are becoming the norm for new-construction apartments, not just for condominiums. Developers are looking to provide renters with as many creature comforts as possible, making today’s apartment projects look much more like fancy condo buildings. (You can make the argument that high-end amenities will help developers turn those apartments into condos somewhere down the road, but I’m not going there.)