Caisson equipment is amassing on the 1000 block of West Jackson Boulevard as the start of construction approaches for the newly named Julep West Loop residential tower. General contractor Skender, concrete contractor Adjustable Concrete, and the drill team from Stalworth Underground are filling the West Loop lot with caisson rigs and all manner of accoutrement in preparation for the 25-story, 380-unit development from Mavrek Development.
Caisson work is underway for 7 West Elm, the 28-story residential tower where Lou Malnati’s and Barnes & Noble once stood in the Gold Coast neighborhood. Thatcher Foundations has their rigs on the site, surrounded by the usual array of corrugated tubes, rebar cages, and iron liners, as they drill and fill shafts below the surface. A permit issued on September 12 allowed this phase of construction, including the caissons and foundation work through the second floor. It came through with a reported cost of $5 million.
New construction and demolition permits were issued two days apart last week for the property at 3909 North Ashland Avenue in Lake View. Permission to tear down a vacant two-story building on the site came through the portal on September 23, with Carlos Group assigned to the job at a reported cost of $20,000. Two days earlier, new construction was permitted after a 67-day wait in the data portal. Its reported cost is $2.4 million.
A new construction permit issued for 917 West Fletcher Street on September 21 means an 1894-built Lake View home currently occupying the lot will be demolished. Promised Land Development closed the property under an LLC in August for $1.15 million after filing an application to build new on August 5, waiting 47 days for the permit to come through. It includes a reported cost of $1.2 million.
As 1010 South Wells nears its topping out, the first level of glass has wrapped around the fifth floor, the first of the residential levels. Crews from Brandts Build and Goebel Forming are working east to west on the 20th floor now of what will be a 22-story building with nearly 400 rental apartments.
