CHICAGO | North Union (Moody Bible Campus) | 2,680 Residential Units - Page 17

Steely Dan · #**321** Posted **Nov 10, 2023, 8:49 PM**

^ You didn't happen to recently move into a unit in marina city, did you?

That angle looks so amazingly close to the view from my condo there (#3304 west tower).

Toasty Joe · #**322** Posted **Nov 10, 2023, 9:01 PM**

I found it on twitter! Lynn Becker linked below the image

Steely Dan · #**323** Posted **Nov 10, 2023, 10:14 PM**

Gotcha, thanks.

That shot looks so damn close to my exact old view.

It's gotta be from MC.

IrishIllini · #**324** Posted **Nov 12, 2023, 10:33 PM**

Cabrini filling out. Love to see it.

Tom In Chicago · #**325** Posted **Nov 13, 2023, 5:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Gotcha, thanks.

That shot looks so damn close to my exact old view.

It's gotta be from MC.

He lives there. . . seen lots of photos from his balcony posted on X. . .

. . .

SolarWind · #**326** Posted **Nov 20, 2023, 2:47 AM**

November 9, 2023

mh777 · #**327** Posted **Nov 20, 2023, 3:35 AM**

Anyone know when the timber structure & the taller buildings will break ground?

BrickellBased · #**328** Posted **Nov 20, 2023, 3:45 AM**

All four of these are < 5 years old I believe. Such a big transformation on Wells (another 5-6 finished int that time on Wells south of Chicago Ave too).

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November 9, 2023

Bombardier · #**329** Posted **Nov 23, 2023, 1:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by mh777

Anyone know when the timber structure & the taller buildings will break ground?

The timber structure will no longer be timber due to budget constraints. Expect construction to start this summer. The basement is already complete, so remaining work starts on top of the existing parking garage.

ChiND · #**330** Posted **Nov 23, 2023, 1:34 AM**

These buildings look really good.

mh777 · #**331** Posted **Nov 23, 2023, 1:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Bombardier

The timber structure will no longer be timber due to budget constraints. Expect construction to start this summer. The basement is already complete, so remaining work starts on top of the existing parking garage.

Timber isn’t the cheapest option? Surprising…

NSW2492 · #**332** Posted **Dec 1, 2023, 6:29 PM**

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Timber isn’t the cheapest option? Surprising…

Not too surprising if you're in manufacturing. Steel is dirt cheap right now, steel mills have been throttling production back to artificially stabilize prices because if they drop any lower, the mills would be losing money to produce anything. For the past couple years our vendors have been trying to send us steel bundles instead of the normal palletized units because they'd have to restructure their prices to account for shipping on wood pallets whereas in previous years, the wood pallets were merely shipping material that had a negligible impact on price.

Especially for a contract that they'd have likely negotiated months ago, Steel would surely be the cheaper route. Not sure if the options would be timber vs. steel or timber vs. concrete though. I'm unfamiliar with larger scale timber structures, but I'd assume steel frame would be the analogue to timber though.

Busy Bee · #**333** Posted **Dec 2, 2023, 5:08 PM**

^ I didn't know about the steel prices. Very interesting.

r18tdi · #**334** Posted **Dec 4, 2023, 4:01 PM**

Not sure if this has been shared here, but 920 is opening in January, according to its website.

https://920northwells.com/

r18tdi · #**335** Posted **Dec 6, 2023, 2:53 PM**

Urbanize published a photo tour of 920:

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/u...te-920-n-wells

Bombardier · #**336** Posted **Dec 9, 2023, 4:59 PM**

Crane is coming down at 868 N Wells. Not too many cranes left downtown ☹️

SolarWind · #**337** Posted **Dec 24, 2023, 12:23 AM**

December 11, 2023

Randomguy34 · #**338** Posted **Jan 3, 2024, 7:43 PM**

The warehouse at 871 N Franklin received renovation permits for conversion to 44 units

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/p...in-north-union

Toasty Joe · #**339** Posted **Jan 4, 2024, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by Randomguy34

The warehouse at 871 N Franklin received renovation permits for conversion to 44 units

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/p...in-north-union

Looks like this parcel was updated to only include a renovation of the existing structure, and not the additional building. Can anyone confirm?

r18tdi · #**340** Posted **Jan 4, 2024, 3:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Toasty Joe

Looks like this parcel was updated to only include a renovation of the existing structure, and not the additional building. Can anyone confirm?

I believe that is correct. Renovation and a small vertical expansion.