Owner: Chicago Botanical Garden
Design: Archeworks
Location:
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By Kareeshma Ali, assignment editor

Not long ago, a lot on the southern tip of Bridgeport was in as desolate a state as the other 75,000 vacant lots in Chicago. But now when one walks past the corner of 29th St. and Halsted Ave., they will see splashes of color, [...]

Location: West Town
Architect: Square Root Architecture
Contractor: Helios Design + Build
By Rosie Powers, Editor
As sustainable development has begun to spread its influence throughout Chicago, once again the city has grown a bit greener - this time welcoming its very first prefabricated home, which may earn LEED Platinum certification.
The project, headed by Square Root Architecture, broke ground [...]

Location: 1818 West Wilson, Chicago, Illinois 60640
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Developer: Cleetus Friedman
Architect: 2 Point Perspective
By Todd Kaiser
Entrepreneur, writer and performer Cleetus Friedman worked with local eco- architecture firm 2 Point Perspective to create an urban grocery and deli that would adequately reflect a simple mission statement: “Local. Sustainable. Delicious.”
Opened in September 2010, the [...]

By Rosie Powers, Editor
This November, Chicago will host the annual Greenbuild International Expo, the world’s largest green building conference.
Since its start in 2002, the expo has showcased the latest in international sustainable building products. It has made its way to several other American cities including Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Denver and Phoenix. Chicago also hosted the [...]

Location: 330 N. Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611
Contractor: Bear Construction
Owner: Prime Group Realty Trust
By William Olson
At the Chicago River’s southerly hiccough, a modern icon has gone green.
The building at 330 N. Wabash, Mies Van der Rohe’s architectural encore in America, recently underwent a sustainable renovation and earned the USGBC’s Silver Certification for Existing Buildings (EB) Operations [...]

Project Location: 3000 River Road, Des Plaines, IL
Owner: Midwest Gaming and Entertainment, LLC
Development Manager: Development Management Associates, LLC
Architect: Klai Juba
General Contractor: Pepper Construction
By Wendy Berger Shapiro
In December 2008, Midwest Gaming and Entertainment, LLC was awarded the exclusive right to apply for the 10th Illinois casino license. The company, led by Chairman Neil Bluhm, began plans [...]