Construction work has risen through the fourth floor on the first phase of Evergreen Garden at 2128 North Tan Court in Chinatown. Levels two through four appear to be propped up on stilts, as the first floor, which will contain amenity spaces, a community lounge, offices, covered parking, and bicycle storage, remains unencumbered by walls. The upper floors are enclosed and have window openings.
Last week was a busy one for The 1901 Project on the city’s Near West Side. The Blackhawks and Bulls hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the development, which got started on the Phase 1 parking garage this spring. On Tuesday, the day before ceremonial shovels dug into the ceremonial trough of dirt, a permit was issued to begin caisson work on the music hall replacing the former K parking lot at South Damen Avenue and West Adams Street, situated just south of the parking garage work site.
Strategically stacked concrete block is nearing full height for elevator and stair cores at 135 North Desplaines Street in the West Loop neighborhood. The two cores contain the building’s three means of vertical circulation, with one stairwell by itself near the center of the structure, with the second stairwell and the elevator shaft sharing the south core. The first stairwell has topped out at nine stories; the south core is at the eighth level.
A permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to transform an 1890s masonry three-unit residence a block west of Wrigley Field into a 15-unit building. With that issuance on June 3, 3651 North Wilton Avenue in Wrigleyville can now add a fourth floor atop the existing building and erect a four-story addition in the side yard to the south as it expands with the additional 12 residences. Filed as new construction rather than a renovation or alteration, the permit comes through with a reported cost of $9.5 million.
Three concrete cores and two levels’ worth of steel mark progress on the residential development at 227 West Chicago Avenue in River North. Corrugated metal has been added to begin the third floor atop most of the ironwork as the structure heads toward its ultimate 10-story finish. There was also some sub-grade activity near the southeast edge of the parcel when we visited the site last week.
