Renovation continues to progress at the existing 801 S Canal Street, known as Canal Station, a five-story building located in the South Loop neighborhood. This redevelopment project, led by 601W Companies and The Telos Group, is transforming the building from a single-tenant office structure to a multi-use facility.
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
The redevelopment project kicked off in 2021 after the building was acquired from Northern Trust in 2019. Through its conversion, Canal Station will introduce 850,000 square feet of revamped mixed-use space, which will contain an array of uses, including retail and office spaces.
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
To detail the interior layout, the building will offer a total office square footage of 683,000 rentable square feet. The floor plates will span 110,000 square feet each to allow for open, flexible tenant layouts. Office amenities will include a fitness center and a large open lobby with a large staircase, a media screen, and an updated security desk. Tenants will also receive shuttle service to both Union Station and Ogilvie Station.
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawfor
The firm SCB is integrating modern architectural elements into Canal Station’s blueprint and design. A prominent feature is the facade design, which allows greater sunlight penetration to support energy efficiency. As seen in construction site renderings, the cladding panels will also be painted an orange red hue, while the main entrance will be a multi-story, metal-clad opening wrapped around a glass curtainwall.
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
The building’s plan includes nearly 400 parking spaces, while various transit options are also close by. Stops for Routes 12, 18, 62, and 157 are all within a five-minute walk, while the Blue Line’s Clinton station lies a seven-minute walk northwest. Two blocks north of Clinton station are additional bus lines, along with Amtrak and Metra access via Union Station.
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
Canal Station. Photo by Jack Crawford
With Gardner Builders serving as the general contractor, this $180 million project is advancing steadily towards its anticipated completion in 2024.
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A 10 minute walk to Union Station and there will be a shuttle bus. Queue the reader outrage.
I think it’s perhaps indicative of some of the issues facing the CTA that they feel it’s a worthwhile investment to provide a shuttle when there are city busses right there.
Northern Trust employees who used to be sentenced there used to call it “Canalcatraz”.
I used to work in this building and it and the surrounding area are truly awful. This should be a teardown.
Why a tear down when the area suffers from a mix of uses, and that’s what this renovation seeks to contribute to solving.
This area needs everything it can get. The location is too good for offices to pass up if they want people in said offices! A lot of the investment that is going into “lincoln yards” or “the 78” etc should be focused around here first. IMO
I still dont get why this area doesn’t have better connectivity to the rest of south loop. can’t we get a pedestrian bridge from polk st + wells that connects over here? shouldn’t have to walk up to Harrison or alllll the way down to Roosevelt, just to get over to Canal. It sucks cuz i’d use the whole foods and the other stores over there if you didnt have to walk 45 min.
Whole foods was bad example. but they got 30+ stores over there that is exclusive to vehicle traffic. i’m tryin to play frogger across roosevelt