South Loop’s Latest Student Housing Block Tops Out
“And that’s all she wrote,” a construction foreman may or may not have said recently, as the apartment block at 30 East Balbo Avenue in the South Loop topped out. Officially called the 30 East Apartments by the developer, Gilbane Development Company, the building mid-rises 16 stories into the air over the greater Printer’s Row district. It was designed by friends-of-the-blog, Solomon Cordwell Buenz, and the...
30 East Balbo Readies for Foundation Work
A 16-story residential tower is officially on the way to 30 East Balbo Avenue in the South Loop, now that the City of Chicago has issued a building permit to get foundation work underway: Foundations only for a proposed 16-story residential high-rise with first floor retail and 134 total units (81-dwelling units and 53-efficiency units) Yesterday’s permit means the gravel trucks on-site today will soon be replaced by caisson...
