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A US$305-million loan secured by developers Time Equities, JK Equities and Oak Capitals means construction can restart on 1000M, a 73-story, 805-ft-tall luxury apartment tower designed by the late Helmut Jahn at the edge of Grant Park in downtown Chicago, The Real Deal reports. 1000M broke ground in 2019, but work halted in June 2020 amid the…
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Smartrise Engineering Inc. of Irving, Texas, recently provided a total of six of its C4 traction controllers to elevator systems serving three senior-living towers in Chicago. Smartrise provided two C4 controllers each at Lake Vista apartments at 1440 South Indiana Avenue, a 21-story building boasting views of downtown Chicago and Lake Michigan; Judge Fisher Apartments,…
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Related Midwest, along with LR Contracting Company and BOWA Construction, has broken ground on 900 Randolph, a new mixed-use development in Fulton Market in Chicago, Yahoo reports. The 43-story building will make history as the city’s first high-rise project with an African-American Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) BOWA Construction co-leading construction. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects, 900 Randolph…
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Developer Sterling Bay is planning to redevelop the site of the former Archer Daniels Midland flour mill, on the western edge of the Fulton Market District in Chicago, with a pair of mixed-use buildings, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reports. A zoning application seeks approval for a 38-story building containing 338 apartments, parking for…
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The Chicago Elevator Association (CEA) invites members and their guests to the 2021 Christmas Party, set for 6:30 p.m. December 1. The party, which will include live music, food, drinks and prizes, will take place at The Clubhouse, 298 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, Illinois. Members will be allowed to bring one additional person from each…
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In the post-COVID period, smaller floor-plate office buildings, such as several proposed in Chicago, are gaining popularity, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat reported on November 5, quoting Crain’s Chicago Business. Over the past decade, buildings with large floor plates were on the rise because the design allows companies to place their workers on a single…
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Cece Matot, owner of Chicagoland-based dumbwaiter company Matot, Inc., recently announced the addition of three new positions and three new team members: Jonathan Faraone, mechanical engineer; Danah Maswadeh, supply chain manager; and David Sweet, sales associate. “We are excited to have these new colleagues on staff and look forward to them meeting our customers and…
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Chicago developer Sterling Bay has filed paperwork with city officials to launch a high-rise, mixed-use tower at 360 North Green Street in the Fulton Market neighborhood, Chicago Architecture reports. The project was first mentioned in 2017, but the developer has since fleshed it out and is ready to move forward with a taller, visually lighter project. It…
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A foundation and partial superstructure permit has been issued for a new 23-story high rise at 808 North Cleveland Avenue in Near North Side Chicago, Chicago YIMBY reports. Chicago-based DAC Developments has planned 200 residential units, 7,500 ft2 of retail on the ground floor and 20,000 ft2 of office on the fourth and fifth floors. Amenities include a sixth-floor…
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A pool, a school and a mixed-use facility are the ideas of the three winners of the Chicago Architecture Center’s and Chicago Architectural Club’s 2021 Chicago Prize: James R. Thompson Center, which asked architects to reimagine a future for the imperiled 17-story structure in the Loop, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is among outlets…
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