Chicago’s loftiest tower crane has reached its full height. The long saga of 400 Lake Shore’s sixth and final tower crane jump has finally come to a safe conclusion. The last segments were lifted to the top of the tower and put in place Sunday February 1st, completing a task that began three weeks ago.
The 66th floor is ready to pour at the 72-story 400 Lake Shore North Tower on the doomed Chicago Spire site in Streeterville. Weather hasn’t been particularly kind over the past few weeks, slowing progress down a bit. But crews from LR Contracting and BOWA construction continue to plug away, and they’re now just a handful of stories from topping out. There is exterior glass wrapping the tower up to but not yet completing the 47th floor.
The fifth of six tower crane jumps was completed over the weekend at the 400 Lake Shore North Tower in Streeterville. Five more 20-foot sections were added to the rig Sunday after the Morrow Equipment Company crew spent their Saturday anchoring a new tie-in on the 56th floor.
Two months after its tower crane was extended for the third time, 400 Lake Shore got another boost in height, its fourth of what will be six jumps in total. Construction crews from LR Contracting, BOWA Construction, and Goebel Forming have also poured concrete for the 47th floor of the North Tower at 462 East North Water Street in Streeterville.
The weekly newsletter from the 42nd Ward on Friday included details for a proposed residential development at 669 North Michigan Avenue in Streeterville. AMLI Residential would like to erect a 56-story, 668-foot apartment tower designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz on the site, for now most prominently known for the Niketown store on the Magnificent Mile.
