CHICAGO | Highrise Projects & Construction, v7 - Page 1048

rivernorthlurker · #**20941** Posted **Jun 4, 2022, 3:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by emailspyro@gmail.com

I have four such beams. If anyone is interested I am happy to offer them at a reasonable price. Not from this site but very similar and probably just as old if not older.

Curious, are they salvaging all that timber wood or just destroying it?

Very sad to see this handsome building go.

From the looks of the photo of a pile of splintered timber on the ground I am going to guess the latter.

Send it over to France to rebuild Notre Dame!

Briguy · #**20942** Posted **Jun 5, 2022, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by emailspyro@gmail.com

I have four such beams. If anyone is interested I am happy to offer them at a reasonable price. Not from this site but very similar and probably just as old if not older.

Curious, are they salvaging all that timber wood or just destroying it?

Very sad to see this handsome building go.

They are salvaging beams of course, you think the demo contractor just hates money?

https://twitter.com/buildingchi/stat...kp9oIJABWRu3Yg

LouisVanDerWright · #**20943** Posted **Jun 6, 2022, 4:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by Briguy

They are salvaging beams of course, you think the demo contractor just hates money?

https://twitter.com/buildingchi/stat...kp9oIJABWRu3Yg

They should be stacking a lot more than that. They definitely aren't saving the factory maple hardwood or the 3" tounge and grove decking. You can't even buy that decking if you are trying to restore an old factory.

rivernorthlurker · #**20944** Posted **Jun 6, 2022, 4:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Briguy

They are salvaging beams of course, you think the demo contractor just hates money?

https://twitter.com/buildingchi/stat...kp9oIJABWRu3Yg

Well this is encouraging at least. Shows they are also stacking bricks. They have quite a few pallets.

https://twitter.com/BuildingChi/stat...e6FILb4ryO-Evg

Would love to see the new building use some of the bricks on the facade or something. Or lobby.

west-town-brad · #**20945** Posted **Jun 6, 2022, 1:26 PM**

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Originally Posted by rivernorthlurker

Well this is encouraging at least. Shows they are also stacking bricks. They have quite a few pallets.

https://twitter.com/BuildingChi/stat...e6FILb4ryO-Evg

Would love to see the new building use some of the bricks on the facade or something. Or lobby.

last I saw salvaged chicago common brick was going for $400 per pallet - likely much higher now

ardecila · #**20946** Posted **Jun 6, 2022, 3:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

They should be stacking a lot more than that. They definitely aren't saving the factory maple hardwood or the 3" tounge and grove decking. You can't even buy that decking if you are trying to restore an old factory.

You can definitely buy heavy timber decking, but it's a special order from the sawmill and pretty costly.

Glad to see they're saving the beams, but I agree they should be doing more... I guess it comes down to what kind of salvage is cost-effective. Salvaging flooring and decking requires a lot of manual labor removing nails and so forth, and you have to pull up the boards by hand to avoid splits. With cost of labor at an all-time high, they probably figured it's not worth it to pay laborers for this.

west-town-brad · #**20947** Posted **Jun 7, 2022, 1:47 PM**

https://www.wsj.com/articles/commerc...d=hp_lead_pos5

commercial property sales hitting the skids

marothisu · #**20948** Posted **Jun 7, 2022, 7:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by west-town-brad

https://www.wsj.com/articles/commerc...d=hp_lead_pos5

commercial property sales hitting the skids

What does it look like on a city to city or region to region (like MSA) basis? Some markets are always better than others with ROI in that space. I would find it hard to believe that every market is facing a big slowdown but...?

west-town-brad · #**20949** Posted **Jun 7, 2022, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by marothisu

What does it look like on a city to city or region to region (like MSA) basis? Some markets are always better than others with ROI in that space. I would find it hard to believe that every market is facing a big slowdown but...?

seems to be less about regions and more about property type

rivernorthlurker · #**20950** Posted **Jun 8, 2022, 5:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by rivernorthlurker

There was only 1 excavator last time I was there, now 2. I think they're getting ready to roll!

Then there were 3.... (plus some other stuff).

Bombardier · #**20951** Posted **Jun 8, 2022, 11:45 PM**

^Telltale sign of waiting for a permit. Looking pretty crowded there already.

Bombardier · #**20952** Posted **Jun 8, 2022, 11:50 PM**

Looks like this labor strike may be impactful to all the projects we're seeing if it goes on for a long period of time. Without concrete the high rise building market will grind to a halt quickly.

https://local150.org/mpstrike/

Bombardier · #**20953** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 12:22 PM**

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Originally Posted by LouisVanDerWright

This city is fucking pathetic. They aren't even deconstructing this to save the materials, they are just tearing it down.

They actually did save and repurpose at least some of them. Go to the Atlas Demolition LinkedIn page and they have a post about it.

r18tdi · #**20954** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 3:04 PM**

808 Cleveland is growing like a weed.

CaptainJilliams · #**20955** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 7:36 PM**

CRG and Shapack close on 170 N. Green site
Construction could begin as soon as this fall

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/c...0-n-green-site

thegoatman · #**20956** Posted **Jun 9, 2022, 10:03 PM**

marothisu · #**20957** Posted **Jun 13, 2022, 12:39 AM**

New building permit was issued for 150 N Ashland Ave in the West Loop for the new high rise (154 ft tall, 12 stories) with 210 new units. This is right to the west of Union Park and next to a Green Line stop. Permit is for the caissons only. Expect this thing to start soon..

https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/d...-140-n-ashland

ajradfotwo · #**20958** Posted **Jun 13, 2022, 2:50 AM**

June 10, 2022

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OhioGuy · #**20959** Posted **Jun 13, 2022, 4:37 PM**

Uptown Update: With 46th Ward Zoning Committee Vote Tuesday, Buena Park Neighbors Comes Out In Support of Immaculata Proposal

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This project presents real benefits to the neighborhood, approving it ensures a landmark building remains a neighborhood asset, and the few notable deficits presented by the project would likely be inevitable with any future plausible alternatives. Given that, Buena Park Neighbors Association has chosen to support this proposed redevelopment of the Immaculata high school. We encourage the other members of the 46th Ward Zoning and Development Committee to vote in favor.

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

new renderings of the Immaculata High School redevelopment up in Buena Park, courtesy of Chicago Yimby. the new tower is proposed at 22 floors.

source: https://chicagoyimby.com/2021/09/rev...-approval.html

PittsburghPA · #**20960** Posted **Jun 13, 2022, 6:13 PM**