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Darn Near Done: The Elizabeth

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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:

Sterling Bay – Developer
Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture – Design Architect
James McHugh Construction – General Contractor
McHugh Concrete – Concrete Contractor
All Masonry Construction – Masonry Contractor
JMS Electric – Electrical Contractor
Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating – Plumbing Contractor
Advance Mechanical – Refrigeration, Ventilation Contractor
Map Strategies – Expeditor

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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The glass is half full at 225 North Elizabeth

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A USAF Thunderbird flies over 225 North Elizabeth during the 2023 Chicago Air & Water Show.

Another tower crane gone since my last visit. Of course, it has been three months since I’ve been out and about. The topped-out and craneless 225 North Elizabeth has achieved approximate half-glassness. That’s an industry term; don’t bother looking it up if you’re not privy to insider information. Only us cool, in-the-know construction-types have it.

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Darn Near Done: Sterling Bay announces showings at The Dylan

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Another fantastic location is about to be your home, if you so choose. Sterling Bay announced last week in an Instagram post that The Dylan, their new Fulton Market apartment tower, is now showing units. And while I’m not going to fool anyone into thinking these are in my price range just to get a tour, the studio units I looked at on the website are nice sized. At least where I come from, 553 square feet is darn spacious. Plus, I love the West Loop and Fulton Market District. This’d be a great spot for me. Or for any of my dedicated followers who like to invite guests over. (Careful that hint don’t drop on your noggin.)

Here’s a quick look at what The Dylan looks like right this very minute. You can also click on my tags for The Dylan and 160 North Morgan to see how construction progressed.

160 North Morgan is now The Dylan

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Got a surprise in my Instagram feed today, when this post popped up from Sterling Bay:

This is what The Dylan looked like last week, as the exterior nears completion:

225 North Elizabeth gets its glass in gear

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The glazing is underway at Sterling Bay’s 225 North Elizabeth.

The future 28-story apartment tower at 225 North Elizabeth in the Fulton Market District is up to about the 20th level. But it’s much easier to count the levels of glass than the levels of concrete. There’s one. One level of glass. I know this for a fact because I took a look on a gorgeous May Sunday and did the math in my head. There’s one level of glass. Not a complete level, mind you. But one, just the same.

Here are some photos to prove it:

Another apartment tower rises in Fulton Market, as 225 North Elizabeth climbs

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Sterling Bay’s 28-story, 350-unit apartment development at 225 North Elizabeth.

More two-week old photos today, this time spotlighting progress at 225 North Elizabeth. I haven’t been here since dirt was being moved, so it was a surprise to see this apartment building from Sterling Bay already up to the underside of the ninth floor. And since it’s been two weeks since this visit, it’s a safe bet McHugh & McHugh have reached 11 or 12 by now.

Designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, 225 North Elizabeth will deliver 350 new units across 28 stories, with 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and room to park 90-some cars.

225 has all the big permits lined up, including:

caissons permitted 9/17/22
tower crane permitted 10/17/22
superstructure permitted 11/8/22
full building permitted 1/5/23
hoist permitted 1/6/23

Sterling Bay plans to open the tower to residents in 2024.

Here are some photos taken March 15:

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Topped-out 360 North Green office tower adds a touch of glass to a sunny day

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Sterling Bay’s Twitter announcement on 360 North Green’s topping out.

You likely know by now that Power Construction has reached full height in the Fulton Market District at 360 North Green, even though it seems like they only broke ground about a week and a half ago. I know. The 24-story office tower by Gensler went up in a big hurry, did it not?

As I’m prone to do, I waited for the sun to come out, then waited even longer to get photos ready. But I walked around the construction site — you might even say I did a full 360 around 360 (you don’t have to say that if you don’t want to) — to catch you up on Sterling Bay’s newest West Loop creation. So here you go with the visuals. These are from way back on March 15, so more progress has been made, of course, but I know for sure it couldn’t have gotten much taller.

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Darn Near Done: 1229 W Concord Place at Lincoln Yards

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1229 W Concord Place along the Chicago River.

Photos of Sterling Bay’s 1229 W. Concord Place, the first phase of the Lincoln Yards mega-development.

Power Construction – General Contractor

Gensler – Design Architect

All photos taken February 26, 2023.

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360 North Green is going skyward in a hurry

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Sterling Bay’s 360 North Green office tower.

You won’t be a tad surprised to hear that Sterling Bay continues to be busy in the Fulton Market District/West Loop neighborhoods. We caught up on 160 North Morgan yesterday; today, it’s 360 North Green.

360 North Green is a 24-story office building just across the street from Sterling Bay’s recently-completed 333 North Green. Designed by Gensler, this 500,000-square-foot tower still has about 235,000 available rentable office space. The remaining office space, across the upper 10 levels, will be occupied by Boston Consulting Group. 5,500 square feet of retail space will be included at ground level, while parking for 92 vehicles will be built into the second and third floors. Tenant amenities will occupy levels 4 and 5. A 21,000-square-foot park will surround the building.

Power Construction is on the build.

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In today’s edition of They Grow Up So Fast, it’s Sterling Bay’s 160 North Morgan

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160 North Morgan in the Fulton Market District.

Turn your back on these kids for two seconds, and I’m telling you, they grow out of control.

160 North Morgan is a development from Sterling Bay
A creation by bKL Architecture.
A project for The Big Green W.

It will be 30 stories tall.
It will have 282 apartments.
It will contain parking for 89 cars.
It will have 2,657 square feet of retail space.
It will sit right in the middle of my favorite neighborhood.
It still has a tower crane.
It has a lot of curtain wall installed.
It looks like it’s reached the 23rd or 24th floor.

Progress photos, taken January 29, 2023:

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