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Apartment Tower Opens in Chicago’s Gold Coast Neighborhood

The Sinclair Apartments, a 390-unit, 35-story-tall luxury building incorporating a full-service grocery store at ground level, has opened at the northeast corner of Division and LaSalle streets in Chicago’s Gold...

Studio Gang-Designed Apartment Tower Tops Out in Chicago

Solstice on the Park, a 26-story apartment tower designed by Studio Gang in Chicago’s Hyde Park, topped out in late August, Curbed Chicago reported. The project took approximately a decade...

Towers: more announced, progress made.

Big Proposal in Chicago From Vista Tower Developer Magellan Development Group and its partners hope to build a quartet of towers ranging from 40 to 80 stories in the 28-acre...

Business, high-rise news from the Windy City

Thompson, HR Green Form Area Alliance Thompson Elevator Inspection Service, Inc., serving the Chicago area since 1975, has formed a strategic alliance with HR Green, Inc., which has offices nationwide...

Striking New Addition for Chicago Skyline

Phase two of Optima Chicago Center, a 54-story mixed-use structure designed by David Hovey and developed by DeBartolo, topped out earlier this year, bringing a bold new addition to the...

High rises proposed at the Loop, riverfront, Greektown.

Dueling Plans for Replacing Chicago’s Thompson Center There are dueling plans in Chicago to replace the state-owned, Helmut Jahn-designed James R. Thompson Center at the Loop, one of which involves...

World’s Tallest Timber Tower Planned in Chicago

If built, the 80-story River Beech Tower in Chicago would be the tallest wooden skyscraper in the world, Architecture News reports. Designed by Perkins + Will and conceived by engineering...

Work begins, plans are modified at waterfront properties.

Construction Starts on 67-Story Chicago Building Construction began in May on One Bennett Park, a 67-story, 850-ft.-tall residential building near Navy Pier in Chicago, Curbed Chicago reported. Located at the...

Big investments soon to see fruition as groundbreaking gets set to begin.

93-Story Vista to Become City’s Third Tallest Vista Tower, a 93-story, 1,186-ft.-tall skyscraper designed by Chicago’s Jeanne Gang, will become Chicago’s third-tallest building (second tallest in terms of roof height),...

Elevator entrance; image courtesy of NYC Housing Connect via New York YIMBY

Skyline Elevator System For New Brooklyn Residential Building

David M. Childs; headshot via the Architect's Newspaper

In Memoriam: David M. Childs

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Stannah Urges Lift Owners To Prepare for PSTN Switchover

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Ziehl-Abegg Reports Bright Outlook for 2025

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