Go Westerly, Young Man, Along Chicago’s Hipster Highway
A lot of people are thinking about changing their ZIP Code these days. If the zombie-resistant llama ranch in Idaho is beyond your price range, and you can’t bear to be outside the Blommer Chocolate sniff zone, then Fifield might have what you’re looking for. Westerly at 740 North Aberdeen (Courtesy of Fifield Cos.) Westerly is the name of the building that’s blown in to 740 North Aberdeen. The 11-story apartment building has...
New River West Apartment Building Tops Off
The latest residential block on the Milwaukee Avenue Corridor has topped off. 740 North Aberdeen was designed by FitzGerald Associates for Fifield and is expected to be open by this time next year. November 2019 rendering of 740 North Aberdeen (Courtesy of Fifield Cos) When complete, the building will be 11 stories tall with 188 apartments over 2,400 square feet of retail space and 80 parking spaces. McHugh Construction is doing the...
Milwaukee Corridor Gets Another Residential High Rise
Another new residential building is coming to the Milwaukee Avenue corridor. 740 North Aberdeen will have its official groundbreaking ceremony in Chicago’s River West neighborhood today. Rendering of 740 North Aberdeen (Courtesy of Fifield) The project from Fifield will bring 188 new apartments in an 11-story building to a triangle of land a block south of Chicago Avenue, and a block off of Milwaukee Avenue. The building...
Checking in on The Sinclair’s Little Brother
When the residential tower at 1200 North Clark known as The Sinclair went up four years ago, people were dazzled by its size, scope, and the fact that combined with other regenerative projects in the area, it was going to transform a semi-gritty corner of Chicago. But what most people didn’t notice in all the hullabaloo is that The Sinclair plan came with a little buddy across the street at 1201 North Clark. That project is...
A 727’s View of 727 West Madison
Ok, maybe Joe Zekas at YoChicago! didn’t fire up an actual Boeing 727 to take these photos. But Air Joe One is close enough, and from the sky we get a pretty good idea of how 727 West Madison is shaping up. The answer is: “nicely.” 727 topped out a couple of weeks ago and the good people over at FitzGerald Associates sent over a description of what they were thinking when they put together the sexy beast of a...
E2 Makes Downtown Evanston More Colorful
The E2 apartment building made a splash when it opened in Evanston in 2015, and now it’s adding a splash of color to the suburb’s downtown. E2 developer Fifield Realty has unveiled an expansive new piece of art on the side of the building by Albany Park muralist Thomas Melvin. The painting is called “Eee-tu” (What Redwing called to Drake) 1890 Maple Evanston, Illinois, and is an abstract depiction of its home...
New Greektown Tower Puts the O in Opa!
Move over simit, the next big round thing to hit Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood is about to sprout on the corner of Madison and Halsted. 727 West Madison has been given its full building permit from the City of Chicago. Construction crews may now build Fifield and F&F Realty their full 45-story skyscraper in all its circular glory. A prominent location on the edge of the Kennedy Expressway along the city’s east-west...
Groundbreaking For New Landmark Greektown Skyscraper
If you’ve been pining for a new, round-shaped skyscraper in downtown Chicago, then we have good news for you. The cylindrical tower formerly known as 1 South Halsted is officially under construction. Groundbreaking ceremonies were recently held for what is now being called 727 West Madison, the 44-story FitzGerald Associates design which features a round vertical shaft rising from a parking podium in the soon-to-be-former Crowne...
Time To Get A Slice of The Sinclair
If our story three years ago showing The Sinclair residential tower represented as a layer cake had you salivating, there’s good news. You can soon live inside the confection of your dreams. Pre-leasing has begun at The Sinclair, the 35-story residential tower Fifield is putting up at 1201 North LaSalle Street in the city’s Gold Coast neighborhood. This coincides with the topping-out (topping-off?) of the SCB design that...
Fifield and SCB’s Sinclair Over-Achieves in the Gold Coast
The most visible sign of the rejuvenation of the corner of Clark and Division Streets is the new Sinclair tower rising where a Jewel supermarket used to sprawl across half a city block. The new SCB-designed tower includes a bigger, better Jewel in the parking podium. Fifield’s building is also expected to have 390 apartments, ranging from modest 500-square-foot studios up to 2,400-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouses at the...
