Updated Plans Revealed For Mixed-Use Development At 640 W Washington Boulevard In West Loop Gate

Updated renderings and plans have been revealed for a mixed-use development at 640 W Washington Boulevard in West Loop Gate. Located just east of the Kennedy Expressway on the corner with N Des Plaines Street, the tower will replace a surface parking lot as downtown density pushes west. Miami-based developer Crescent Heights, the company behind other recent Chicago skyscrapers including Nema in the South Loop, has partnered with local design firm Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture on the slim skyscraper.

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Checking in on the Guinness Brewery Conversion at 375 N Morgan Street in Fulton Market District

This week, YIMBY stopped by the former Pennsylvania Railroad terminal building at Fulton Market Distict’s 375 N Morgan Street, where a partial demolition has taken place. This wrecking work is set to clear the way for a new Guinness Brewery to be co-developed by Guinness and Fred Latsko. The adaptive re-use of the original structure will make way for a 10-barrel brewery and taproom, and will accommodate an Irish-themed restaurant component that sources local chefs.

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812 W. Adams Street

Demolition Permits Issued for 812 W Adams Street Near West Side

Demolition permits have been issued for a one-story masonry building located at 812 W Adams Street in the Near West Side neighborhood. The permit owners have been listed as Rogers Park Holdings LLC and the building is being demolished to make way for an upcoming mixed-use development. The site will include the demolition of several other existing structures to allow for full development headed by Luxe Suites Chicago LLC.

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1045 on Fulton Market

Exterior Construction Wraps Up for 1045 on Fulton

Since December’s countdown update, facade work has reached the finish line for 1045 on Fulton, a 12-story mixed-use development along West Loop‘s Fulton Market corridor. Co-developed by Fulton St. Companies and Intercontinental Real Estate, the 147-foot-tall edifice will be anchored by 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail, topped by 11 floors and approximately 130,000 square feet of boutique office space. The retail segment will offer 150 feet of frontage along W Fulton Market and its cross street of N Aberdeen Street.

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