Chicago’s tower crane count to begin August 2024 took a slight dip from July, now that the machine that building Hyde Park Labs has been taken down. That leaves eight cranes in the air as summer continues. There is one pending permit, and it’s for Google’s Thompson Center renovation in The Loop.
Three of the city’s cranes are building residential developments: 1723 South Michigan, 220 North Ada, and 400 Lake Shore.
Two of Chicago’s eight cranes are a building healthcare facility, at the UChicago Medicine Cancer Care Pavilion in Hyde Park.
Single cranes are working on:
Cultural facilities (Obama Presidential Center)
Office (919 West Fulton, which recently topped out)
Community centers (Project H.O.O.D.)
Where are they located?:
Two are in Hyde Park (UChicago Medicine)
Two in Fulton Market District (220 North Ada and 919 West Fulton)
One in Jackson Park (Obama Presidential Center, which is topped out, but expect the crane to remain well into 2025)
One in Woodlawn (Project H.O.O.D.)
One in Streeterville (400 Lake Shore)
One in South Loop (1723 South Michigan)
220 North Ada. Photo by Daniel Schell
1723 South Michigan. Photo by Daniel Schell
400 Lake Shore. Photo by Daniel Schell
919 West Fulton. Photo by Daniel Schell
Obama Presidential Center. Photo by Daniel Schell
Project H.O.O.D. Photo by Daniel Schell
UChicago Medicine. Photo by Daniel Schell
No word on when the Thompson Center crane will be erected, but it will be the only one in The Loop for now.
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Meanwhile Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, etc all got 40+ cranes up right now…Chicago only has 7, the 3rd largest city in America. Doesn’t seem like interest rates are effecting those cities (the cope chicagoans like to use on why Chicago’s construction pipeline has dried up dramatically). Even our peer cities NYC and LA are outbuilding us heavily.
And every “megaproject” in this city seems to be inactive. Even the single one that seems like it was actually going thru (North Union) is now stalled as people continue to blame “interest rates” and the “economy” (even though the economy right now is pretty good). Which is why I’m extremely skeptical about the United megaproject. Atleast that’s gonna be privately financed (or so we think).
Man this is….bad
I don’t think the UChicago Medicine one is currently functional – construction still halted after the fatal and near fatal accident in June.
I wouldn’t focus too much on the tower crane count. Chicago has a lot of infill projects which don’t need tower cranes. Compared to other large cities, Chicago is far more willing to permit 2- and 3- flats, along with other smaller projects.
Not “focusing” on them, just tracking how many there are.