Barely a month after a permit for 50 residential units was issued and the surface parking lot fenced off, they’re drilling and filling caissons at 135 North Desplaines in the West Loop. “They” is Chicago Common Partners, who are erecting this building for Continuum Real Estate Brokers, just as they are a block north at 629 West Lake.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Work got started at the beginning of the month, when an excavator started scraping off the parking lot. By the middle of February, when these photos were taken, Thatcher Foundations was going full bore on the caissons. The January permit covered the entire building, so work is authorized to transition directly into foundation and vertical construction next. There has been no announcement yet on a timeline for completion, but 18-to-24-month cycle seems reasonable, and comparable to the progress this same team has achieved a block away.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
135 North Desplaines will be a nine-story structure with 50 dwelling units, expected to be rental apartments. The ground floor is to include one retail space, three spaces for cars, and a residential lobby. Axios Architects drew up the plans for the building, which sits on the southeast corner of Desplaines and Randolph Streets. The Clinton Green/Pink Line elevated train platform is just two walking blocks away, as is the Ogilvie Transportation Center and its access to Metra’s UP-N, UP-NW, and UP-W trains.
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Excellent! Nice to see this project moving full steam ahead.