Another tower crane jump was completed successfully at the Bally’s Casino hotel tower in River West over the weekend. Three growth spurts for the crane were approved with one permit back on November 13 of last year; we can expect to see one more jump here before the tower tops out.
Friday, February 13, before the jump. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Saturday, February 14, ready to add sections to the top. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north up Desplaines Street in the West Loop. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
A site visit Saturday showed a crew working on the tie-in for this jump at the 16th or 17th floor, with six new sections of the crane waiting on the ground. With the opening date looming, there appeared to be a full crew on hand, so the tower crane operator split time between moving cranes parts and lifting construction materials. A photo from a friend early Sunday morning showed a section in the air on its way to the tower.
Waiting…Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Working on the tie-in. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
From West Grand Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
The glass curtain wall that began last month has now wrapped once around the entire tower, save for a couple bare patches on the northeast end of the tower where the construction skip is installed, and next to the concrete core on the west façade. Progress on the tower appears to have reached the 19th or 20th level, about half a dozen floors up from what we saw here in late January.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
On the east side of the tower along the Chicago River, there’s a new construction toy on site. A shiny yellow Liebherr LRT1220 crawler crane is on the job now, installing pre-cast panels around the podium.
Pre-cast panels on the east façade.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
One notable permit for the casino, hotel, and event center awaits approval in the Chicago Data Portal. It allows for landscaping, park work, and the riverwalk, and has been pending since February 3. Bally’s hopes to have the casino and hotel open by the end of the year, but they already acknowledged that the opening date may be pushed to 2027.
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Forty floors for fleecing fools.
True dat. Developments and construction are great but it’s ashame that this is such an economic black hole for many individuals to come. Bullion$ in with very little in return.
The fleecing fools will fortify fortunes for the funds fully needed.
What’s the over?And under this opening up twelve months or less
It’s interesting that they’re window installation is starting in the “middle” of the building. Does anyone here know why? Maybe it allows material loading on the first few floors?
Probably going with the easier system that has lots more repetition. The lower 4 floors have different floor heights (by the looks) and will require a different approach.
My guess is that the upper floors are simpler and have a lot more of that glass size, so the crews can breeze through and come back to the lower portions later. It’s gotta be like 3/4 for the one system and 1/4 unique.