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No tower crane at 220 North Ada *yet*, but soon

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They’re starting to haul caisson equipment out of 220 North Ada.

220 North Ada is bringing more than 300 new apartments to the west end of the West Loop. But first, there has to be a tower crane. And that tower crane should be arriving very, very soon.

A visit Monday sure looked like caisson work was wrapping up. Some of the equipment has been loaded onto trucks for transport to their next call of duty, while machinery has been dismantled so it can be removed from the site as well. That likely means we’ll have some excavation work coming up next, as well as the planting of the tower crane base.

A reminder that the caisson permit for 220 was issued November 22 or 2023; the tower permit came through March 5 of this year. Next will likely be a superstructure permit, followed by the full-building permit.

Your on-site team consists of General Contractor Clayco and Concrete Contractor Adjustable Concrete Construction. The development team includes the development team of Shapack Partners, CRG, and KMW Communities. 220 North Ada’s Architect of Record is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Per CRG’s website, 220 North Ada will deliver 308 rental units across the 29-story tower; 62 apartments will be designated as affordable. Units will be a mix of studio, one- and two-bedrooms, and penthouses, all atop three levels of parking. 12,000+ square feet of retail space will be included at ground level. Early 2026 is the projected opening date.

Photos (lots with an iPhone) taken Monday April 22:

Drilling a caisson. March 29, 2024.

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No drilling yet, but caisson work is underway at 220 North Ada

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We’re off to a good start at 220 North Ada.

We told you last week that 220 North Ada has officially and ceremoniously broken ground in the West Loop. And while no caisson has actually been drilled yet, there is caisson activity happening on site. Stalworth Underground has equipment on the lot, and the rebar cages are starting to roll. Let’s go.

Photos taken March 20, 2024:

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220 North Ada breaks ground; 308 apartments coming to the West Loop

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I stopped by the future 220 North Ada last week after seeing the tower crane permit has been issued. The single-story building previously occupying the site had been demolished, and the lot seemed primed for new construction.

Sure enough, ground has been broken. The ceremony took place Tuesday March 12. Congrats to the development team of Shapack Partners, CRG, and KMW Communities on their big day. 29 stories, 300+ apartments on their way to the West Loop. How about we drop in next week and see if Clayco and Adjustable Concrete Construction have gotten started.

The future home of 220 North Ada is ready to rock.

Quick flight to O’Hare for the Terminal 5 Parking Garage tower crane

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Rendering of the T5 parking garage from SCB.

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.

Here are a few of the players on this project:
SCB – design architect
AECOM Hunt – contractor
Clayco – contractor
Bowa Construction – contractor
F.H. Paschen – concrete
City of Chicago – developer

Overhead view from Paschen Concrete on LinkedIn.
From the tram
From the Blue Line

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220 North Ada has the permits and blank canvas to get started

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220 North Ada, at Ada & Fulton Streets, is cleared and ready for takeoff.

The development team of Shapack Partners, CRG, and KMW Communities is erecting a 29-story, 308-unit apartment tower at he west edge of the West Loop. Included in those 308 apartments will be 62 affordable units. The tower will also include parking stalls for 115 cars, racks for 58 bicycles, and more than 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

220 North Ada is a design by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. It replaces a single-story brick commercial building that was a recent home of Reve Burger (I didn’t get a chance to try it.) That structure has been demolished, leaving a clean slate for caisson work to begin. According to the link above from CRG, that work should begin this month. Clayco is the general contractor, with Adjustable Concrete Construction (they seem to be everywhere these days) serving as the concrete contractor. The goal is to have 220 North Ada open for residents in the first quarter of 2026.

On the fifth of this month, Clayco scored Chicago’s second tower crane permit of 2024. It’s the fourth permit issued so far for 220 North Ada:

Demolition (224 N. Ada) – issued 05/16/2023
Caissons – issued 11/22/2023
Foundation/superstructure – issued 02/13/2024
Tower crane – issued 03/05/2024

Rendering of 220 North Ada from CRG.
The former 224 N Ada.
This parking lot is part of the new construction now.
SW corner of Ada & Fulton.

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Uncraning Day at Fulton East

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NOPE

The tower crane at Fulton East has done its duty, and is on the way down. I was happy to see I wasn’t the only standing out in the West Loop Monday watching and taking photos of the crane being disassembled. It’s not even about the crane; it’s more about the folks standing out on that thing, 16 miles above the surface of the earth. Kudos, guys. You’ll never have to worry about me trying to get up there and stealing your jobs.

Fulton East is a first-glass act at 215 North Peoria

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Fulton East January 2020

New glass adorns Fulton East, at 215 North Peoria in the West Loop.

The glass has arrived at the topped-out Fulton East in the West Loop. (That’s right, east is west.) Fulton East is a 12-story office building being built by Clayco, and designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative.

The developer, according to the permit issued by the City of Chicago and the construction banner on site, is “Peoria Green Owner, LLC.” That entity, according to Crain’s, appears to be Parkside Realty.

 

Clayco getting ready to build 12 stories, 149 units in Uptown

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Sheridan and Wilson

A rendering from CRG of Sheridan & Wilson, coming to 4555 N Sheridan in Uptown.

A foundation permit was issued Wednesday for 4555 North Sheridan Road in Uptown. Developed by CRG, Sheridan and Wilson will be a 12-story tower containing 149 apartments. Included will be 5,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor, and outside parking spots for 29 cars.

This is a real in-house development. The design architect, BatesForum, and general contractor, Clayco, are both integrated companies with CRG under the Clayco brand. (You may recall this team from the Cook County Central Campus Health Center build.) Because when you want something done right, sometimes it’s best to do it all yourself.

As you can see in the photos, site prep is underway. No word yet on an anticipated opening date.

 

Construction Update: Cook County Central Campus Health Center

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Cook County Central Campus Health Center

The Cook County Central Campus Health Center rises up from the corner of Damen and Polk.

Iron rules the day as crews continue building the new Cook County Central Campus Health Center at 1950 West Polk Street in the Medical District. Clayco has had a tower crane at its disposal for just over a month now, and it’s doing big work, stacking steel beam atop steal beam for the future nine-story, 282,000-square-foot facility.

Gensler and Forum Studio shared design duties on this project. Read how the December press release from The Cook County Health & Hospitals System explained the health center’s capabilities:

Clinical services provided in the new health center will include outpatient specialty services such as dental, ophthalmology, oncology, infusion, dermatology, diabetes and endocrine and adult medicine. The first four floors will house clinical space, with the remaining floors serving as administrative space. The flexible building design allows for administrative  to be turned in to clinical space as necessary.

It is expected to open in 2018.

 

#33: Cook County Central Campus Health Center puts a tower crane in the air

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Cook County Central Campus Health Center tower crane

Looked out the window this morning, and there it was. Cook County Central Campus Health Center has a tower crane.

Before I took the time to post photos from Saturday of the tower crane stub at Cook County Central Campus Health Center, Clayco went ahead a put the darn thing up! That’ll teach me to procrastinate. (No, it won’t. It should though.) Not sure exactly which days saw work on the crane, but there it was outside the B.U.C. HQ window this morning, shining in the sunlight.

CCCCHC is now the 33rd active tower crane in Chicago.