The tower crane is up at Aberdeen Crossing, as construction at grade continues on the West Town residential development. Wildwood Investments in building a seven-story, 99-unit apartment building at 1100 West Grand Avenue, designed by bKL Architecture. The ground floor will include 28 parking spaces, and about 1,700 square feet of commercial space.
Contemporary Concepts is the general contractor. As the concrete contractor, Adjustable Concrete is responsible for operation of the tower crane.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Aberdeen Crossing erected its tower crane last week, and along with the Shedd Aquarium crane that we showed you yesterday, Chicago now has eight of them currently in operation across the city. The other six include:
The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park
Project H.O.O.D. in Woodlawn
The Abbvie Foundation Cancer Pavilion in Hyde Park, which is utilizing two cranes
The Thompson Center renovation for Google
400 Lake Shore in Streeterville
Photo by Daniel Schell
The skyline in the background is a good preview of the views these apartments will have. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Precision Excavation remains on site as work at grade continues. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north from Aberdeen Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Crane & Art. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking west from Grand Avenue at the Kennedy Expressway. Photo by Daniel Schell
A completion date for Aberdeen Crossing is not yet known. The project got started with a caisson permit issued on August 10 of last year, followed by the tower crane permit on the 19th. The full building permit came through on October 11, 2024.
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Speaking of tower cranes, I wonder if 629 W Lake will get a tower crane. Flat work has already begun. It’s an Eight story building with really no real estate for a mobile crane.
I’m assuming it won’t, since we haven’t seen a pending permit for one.
That happened last week and the patriot US flag came down.
Why’d they take the flag down?
I don’t understand why we need tower cranes for 7 story buildings? If NYC but a tower crane to for every 7 to 12 story building, they would have hundreds of cranes up constantly.
It’s the concrete subs discretion. I’m assuming Adjustable has ran the numbers and will be much more efficient with a tower crane. Theres nothing more to it.