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
3255 W. Altgeld, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Owner
Christopher House
Architect
Wheeler Kearns Architects
Christopher House is redeveloping the former Logan Square library (which was replaced by a new green library) into a 14,000 sf child daycare and family resource center. This new site for the 100-year old social service organization will include preschool, daycare, and after school classrooms, a [...]

Location
239 E. Randolph, Chicago, IL 60601 Map
Owner
City of Chicago
Architect
Muller & Muller
The Millennium Park Bike Station was completed in 2003, and although it is not LEED® certified, it does warrant brief coverage as a green project. This is mostly because of the inherently green use of the 3-story building, as one of the nation’s only centers [...]

Location
115 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL 60654  Map
Owner
Access Living
Architect
LCM Architects
Access Living has moved into their new 4-story, 50,000 sf headquarters housing open plan and private offices and meeting rooms. As a non-profit providing support and services to the disabled, it’s to be expected that their headquarters is a model of universal design. That the project is [...]

Location
1544 S. Washtenaw, Chicago, IL 60608  Map
Owner
Private Residence
Architect
McBride Kelley Baurer
We’re a little behind on the scoop on this one, not for lack of hearing about it, but because of the plethora of projects to cover! January 14th was the first airing of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition for the Noyola family of North Lawndale. The [...]

Location
2138 S. Indiana, Chicago, IL 60616   Map
Owner
Chieftain Construction
Architect
VOA
Lexington Park is a South Loop high-rise condo development consisting of a 35-story, 297-unit tower and a seven-story, 36-unit “loft” building, connected by a podium including storefront retail space and a multilevel parking garage. It is Ireland-based developer Chieftain’s first project in the U.S., so it is of [...]