In 19th place in Chicago YIMBY’s year-end countdown is a 22-story mixed-use building at 513 S Damen Avenue in the Illinois Medical District. The 260,000-square-foot structure is rising rapidly, with its core now at the fifth floor. Ultimately, this new edifice will rise just over 242 feet to its architectural pinnacle, while offering 1,000 square feet of ground-level retail space and 279 rental units above.
Caisson work can now be seen at 513 S Damen Avenue, the site of a planned 22-story mixed-use tower in the Illinois Medical District. Plans for the 230-foot-tall tower indicate 1,000 square feet of ground-level retail and 279 apartments on the upper floors. The construction is replacing a former surface parking lot at the northwest corner of the block bound by Damen Avenue, Congress Parkway, Ogden Avenue, and Harrison Street.
With final facade work underway, the topped-off Evo Union Park is nearing the finish line at 1454 W Randolph Street in West Loop. The 11-story has been developed by Marquette Companies, and will comprise of 242 residential apartments alongside 87 parking spaces. Prior to the current construction, the elongated parcel was occupied by a two-story masonry building and a gravel lot.
Final glazing and cladding work is taking place for a new 26-story high rise at 1400 W Randolph Street in Fulton Market District. Now branded as Parq Fulton, the development by Marquette Companies is replacing a one-story masonry commercial building and an adjacent parking lot. The 282-foot-tall mixed-use high rise will yield 278 new apartments and 10,000 square feet of ground-level retail.
Since last month’s update, structural work has topped out for 1400 W Randolph Street, a 282-foot tall mixed-use high rise at the western edge of Fulton Market in West Loop. Marquette Companies is the developer of the 26-story project, with plans for 278 rental units and 10,000 square feet of retail at its ground floor.
