Rogers Park

The tower crane that will build Loyola University’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building has been erected and is doing heavy lifting. A visit on May 13 showed only the base planted on the site, but a Purple Line Express ride on Thursday of last week revealed a complete crane. One enormous street crane was still on site when we passed by, but we can’t say for sure which days it worked on assembly the full rig.

Foundation work continues on the Loyola University campus in Rogers Park for their Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building. Work on the new facility began this winter after general contractor Power Construction received a caisson permit in January. It replaces Campion Hall, a residential building torn down last fall to clear space for the new project.

The caissons permitted for Loyola University’s new Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences are in full swing along North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park. The entirety of the block-long construction site spanning from West Loyola Avenue north up to West Albion Avenue is busy with construction activity for the six-story facility.