More than six months after the city issued its tower crane permit, 410 North Elizabeth now has a permission to begin drilling caissons. The first of two residential tower planned by Weldon Development Group for the Fulton Market site, this one will rise 33 stories and contain 384 dwelling units. The permit was issued on June 26.
Archeo Design Group is the architect of record, with Clark Construction performing general contractor duties and Adjustable Concrete Construction on board as the concrete contractor. Operation of the tower crane, permitted on December 12 of last year, will be Adjustable’s responsibility. The construction site is bound by Metra tracks to the north and south, Elizabeth Street to the east, and Ogden Avenue to the west. The first tower goes on the eastern portion of the lot, on Elizabeth Street.
Ground plan of 410 North Elizabeth by Archeo Design Studio
Site context of 410 North Elizabeth by Archeo Design Studio
Site plan of 410 North Elizabeth by Archeo Design Studio
The west tower is planned to rise 31 stories and contain 341 apartments, bringing the total for the development to 724 units, with 145 of them designated as affordable residences. A shared podium will have 300 parking spaces with retail availabilities at ground level. There will also be one bicycle storage space per unit.
Rendering of 410 North Elizabeth by Archeo Design Studio
Rendering of 410 North Elizabeth by Archeo Design Studio
The next two big permits for the project are already pending in the Chicago Data Portal. The foundation/superstructure permit shows an application date of May 8, 2024, and the full building permit was applied for on November 7. Buildings at 401 West Ogden and 400 North Elizabeth were demolished last summer to clear the site for the new development.
401 West Ogden Avenue,. Photo by Daniel Schell
400 North Elizabeth Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Demolitions mostly complete, seen from Elizabeth and Kinzie Streets, August 2024. Photo by Daniel Schell
The Chicago Plan Commission stamped its approval on 410 North Elizabeth this past May. The construction timeline was expected to be 20-24 months for the East Tower, which would have the first tenants moving into their new apartments in winter or spring 2027 if caisson work starts now.
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Those screenwalls are brutal. We need an underground parking mandate no matter how much it reduces height or density of a building. Four stories of inactivity on the ground level is detrimental to quality of the pedestrian experience. We have to do better than Sun-Belt cities and promote vibrant urban landscapes. We make it entirely to easy drive in this city and the CTA suffers for it along with our built-environment.
Looks like there will be retail below the parking levels, so not sure how it impacts the pedestrian experience. Get it built ASAP.
Blankwalls create dead-space, especially four floors worth of them. So much of the value in urbanism comes from the interplay between active-uses inside buildings and the street-life below to create both a sense of community and promote safety which in turn promotes walkability.
This concept doesn’t apply merely to the first level. Transparency to witness life around you makes urban environments more engaging and visually stimulating for both those on the inside and the pedestrians outside. Podiums are barriers that are unwelcoming and oppressive. Aside from the negative physical/metal outcomes they also facilitate more car dependency.
Underground parking is incredibly expensive. An underground parking mandate will just reduce the amount of units that get built.
Exactly, and with a water table of ~15′ it makes it extremely expensive and rarely feasible.