Articles by Jack Crawford

Commercial Addition at 732 W Randolph Street Fully Tops Out in Fulton Market

7:30 am on November 1, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Construction topped out for a planned commercial addition at 732 W Randolph Street at the eastern end of Fulton Market District. This nine-story structure is being developed by Samuel Oliva, whose initiative expands on an existing commercial center known as “Randolph Office Center.” The existing buildings in this assemblage include an adjacent six-story office and retail building, as well as a 12-story building directly to the east, housing condominiums with flex commercial space.

Superstructure Passes Level 12 at 160 N Morgan Street in Fulton Market

7:45 am on October 31, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Construction has now ascended past the 12th floor at 160 N Morgan Street, a 30-story mixed-use tower in Fulton Market District. At 350 feet in height, the new high rise by Sterling Bay and Ascentris will tower above the majority of the other buildings west of the Kennedy Expressway, making a significant mark on the growing West Loop skyline.

913 W School Street Begins Facade Work in Lake View

7:30 am on October 30, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Cladding installation has started on a five-story residential structure located at 913 W School Street in Lake View. The Hageman Group plans to have a total of 22 apartments, which will include four studios, eight one-bedrooms, eight two-bedrooms, and two three-bedroom apartments. Nearly half of the residences will have outdoor access, in which four of the units will have balconies and another six will have terraces.

New Renderings Revealed for 1061 W Van Buren Street in West Loop

7:45 am on October 29, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Updated renderings are currently making their way through zoning approvals as Pizzuti Development plans 1061 W Van Buren Street, a new 21-story mixed-use tower along the southern edge of West Loop. Officially addressed as 1011 W Van Buren Street, the project will be replacing a narrow vacant lot whose length runs west and east. Alongside completed towers like Avra West Loop and Landmark West Loop and other underway developments like 1044 W Van Buren and CA6, the new construction represents a growing node of high-density housing along the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290).

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Marks Completion of 345 N Morgan Street in Fulton Market

7:45 am on October 28, 2022 By Jack Crawford

This week, YIMBY attended the ribbon cutting ceremony for 345 N Morgan Street, an 11-story mixed-use building in Fulton Market District. This new development features new ground-level retail topped by offices on the upper floors. Continuing the trend of high-amenity, high-flexibility office space to be built in Fulton Market, the 200,000 square-foot structure highlights the neighborhood’s increasing densification and expanding urban footprint. Although only 11 floors, the 178-foot-tall development by Sterling Bay still measures up to many of the surrounding projects and planned developments.

Construction Now at Fourth and Final Floor for 2317 N Clark Street in Lincoln Park

7:30 am on October 27, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Construction has now topped out for 2317 N Clark Street in Lincoln Park. The four-story mixed-use building is being developed by 2300 N Clark LLC, with plans for 2,228 square feet of retail with 73 feet of frontage. This first-floor commercial space will be topped by 35 rental apartments along the three upper floors.

A Look Inside the Newly Complete Terminal 5 Expansion at O’Hare International Airport

7:45 am on October 26, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Photos show the inside of the newly constructed Terminal 5 concourse extension at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the keystone of its broader $1.2 billion expansion and renovation. This scheme is the first major overhaul of…

New Copper Cladding Spotted on Vautravers Building in Lake View

7:30 am on October 25, 2022 By Jack Crawford

The Vautravers Building at 947 W Newport Avenue in Lake View has undergone additional work since it was lifted and moved last year. The historic three-story edifice was shifted west by 30 feet to accommodate the new tracks for the Red-Purple Modernization project. At 1,000 tons, the structure was prepared by using a system of jacks and bracing which were staged beneath the building, with ongoing, along with the installation of new copper paneling along the exterior.

1400 S Wabash Avenue. Rendering by Pappageorge Haymes

Facade Takes Shape for 1400 S Wabash Avenue in South Loop

7:45 am on October 24, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Now that structural work has reached the 25th floor, glass and metal cladding are beginning to take shape on CMK Companies’ 1400 S Wabash Avenue, a 30-story mixed-use high rise in South Loop. The tower will be 350 feet tall and include ground-level retail space as well as 299 rental units.

Chicago World Trade Center (iteration #3)

Dead by Design #8 – Chicago World Trade Center in River North

7:45 am on October 23, 2022 By Jack Crawford

The final and tallest canceled entry in YIMBY’s “Dead by Design” series is the Chicago World Trade Center, a 210-story megatall office tower that was proposed for the current site of 300 N LaSalle Avenue in River North. Led by Stanley Raskow, this 2,500-foot-tall titan on the river (as shown in the model) had seen two previous iterations that were each 200 feet shorter.

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