Location
1460 N. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60642  Map
Developer
Structured Development
Architect
Valerio Dewalt Train
Blackhawk/Halsted is a new 150,00 sf four story speculative retail and office buiding (two floors of each) with an adjacent seven level parking garage. The project is in the already-crazy North/Halsted/Clbyourn corridor, just north of the new British School and across the street from the soon-to-be-razed [...]

Location
28 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60602  Map
Owner
Flashpoint Academy
Architect
Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Flashpoint Academy is a new media arts and sciences school occupying 58,000 sf on two floors (plus a small storefront street-level space) in the Burnham Center (aka 111 W. Washington). The two-year school will offer four areas of study: cinema, recording arts, gaming and animation [...]

Location
353 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60654  Map
Developer
Mesirow Financial
Architect
Lohan Anderson (Design)
Epstein (Architect of Record)
353 N. Clark is a new 45-story, 1.1 million sf speculative office tower anchored by Mesirow Financial and law firm Jenner & Block. The project is LEED® for Core and Shell precertified for Silver certification. As I’ve indicated before, I expect that most [...]

Location
2133 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60201  Map
Owner
Northwestern University
Architect
Davis Brody Bond
The Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center is the first building on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus built specifically to target certification in environmental sustainability.  The 84,000 square-foot educational and laboratory structure was designed by architects Davis Brody Bond of New York and built by general contractor [...]

Location
2125 W. North, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Owner
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Architect
Jonathan Boyer
(Now of Farr Associates)
The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s (CNT) 15,000 sf renovation of their Wicker Park home in a former weaving factory was the second LEED® Platinum certified building in Chicago (CCGT was the first). Having received its certification in 2005 and being completed more [...]

Location
10 S. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60603  Map
Owner
Exelon Corporation
Architect
Interior Space International
Exelon has moved into its new 10-floor, 220,000 sf headquarters space at Chase Tower. The project is targeting a LEED® for Commercial Interiors Platinum certification, and is certain to acheive Gold status if Platinum isn’t awarded. This is likely the largest green commercial interior space completed [...]