Now that caissons have been drilled and filled, the foundation phase of construction is underway for the first Halsted Pointe residential tower at 931 North Halsted Street on Goose Island. A team of excavators are active on the site, and their progress shows straight, precise edges, some with steel sheets driven into the ground. As they dig, haulers are utilizing a new ramp built into the south end of the site accessed from Halsted Street adjacent to North Branch Street.
Caisson work on the 46-story tower got started in late April, almost six months after permission to begin came through in November of last year. On May 1, a tower crane permit hit the Chicago Data Portal and was issued on May 12. Last week, a construction hoist was permitted. The permit to erect the full tower has been pending in the portal since January 13th.
A truck enters the construction site from the south-end ramp as an excavator digs the foundation. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
A second excavator works near the northeast corner of the site. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Onni Group is the developer and general contractor, with McHugh Concrete on board as the concrete contractor. They are building a design by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture. Onni Group likes to light up their Chicago tower cranes, so we’ll wait for this rig, a Liebherr 420 EC-H16, to go up and see if it’s decorated at night.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Steel sheets. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Site plans by HPA. On the left, a previous version. On the right, the current plan. Building 1 is under construction.
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This is sick. Especially the Ped bridge. Bringing life to Goose Island!
yeah. im looking forward to the bridge the most.
Artist’s conception?
Click the “Halstead Pointe” link in the article to see in archive post on this project.