Status Update: Madison at Racine Entering the Final Stretch
It’s been a little over a year since ground was broken on Madison at Racine, the eight-story residential block going up on Madison at Racine (1212 West Madison Street), and it looks like it’s getting close to done. West Town Spy Adam sent in a fresh batch of pictures showing the construction progress. It’s hard to believe this was just a hole in the ground not too long ago. Now the FitzGerald Associates-designed...
Status Update: Madison at Racine Topped Out
Fitzgerald Associates, the architecture firm behind Madison at Racine, sent along a note letting us know that M@R has topped out. Exterior masonry is progressing along Madison Street, 2nd and 9th floor green roofs are being installed and residential units continue to be built-out. Co-Developers Ascend Real Estate Group and Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation have recently begun a significant marketing effort including a VIP...
Cranes’ Up At Madison At Racine
Things are really accelerating at Madison At Racine (1212 West Madison Street), the West Town residential project by Ascend Real Estate Group and Team4 Development. West Town Spy Adam shot us these pictures taken recently that show the foundation is done, and cranes being assembled. When the project is done next fall, the nine-story, 105-foot-tall building will have 216 apartments over ground floor retail. This article is the result...
Status Update: Madison at Racine Construction Progress
Construction activity at Madison and Racine has really picked up this month, with West Town Spy Adam sending in some fresh pictures of the activity on the FitzGerald Associates-designed residential building taken just this morning (August 5, 2013). When I went up to the roof this morning around 8am, there was some of the most activity – machines and men – that there has been in the last 3 weeks. By 9am, the cycles of...
Madison at Racine Breaks Ground Today on the Near West Side
New buildings continue to sprout up in Chicago’s Near West Side. Today there will be a groundbreaking ceremony for a new residential mid-rise called The Madison at Racine (1212 West Madison). The apartment building will be a nine-story residential building, with a very nice glass drum in the southeast corner where the main lobby will be. It was designed up the street at FitzGerald Associates, and is being developed by two...