Tag: Fulton River District
The tower crane at K2 jumps 100 feet
In a deceptively simple operation a "jacking crane" frames part of a tower crane and lifts the crane's cab and jibs twenty feet, opening a hole fo [...]
A video tour of the K2 construction site
K2 at K Station is a 496-unit 34-story apartment tower that's under construction in Chicago's Fulton River District.
McHugh Construction Projec [...]
On the construction site at K2 at K Station
When I visited K2 at K Station earlier today approximately 150 workers from various trades were busy assembling plumbing fittings, installing elec [...]
A K2 at K Station construction update
My recent schedule has kept me from spending as much time as I would have liked to at K2 at K Station, which is under construction in the Fulton R [...]
K2 at K Station Apartments, a construction update
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
Echelon at K Station, a new level of urban delight
The residences at Echelon at K Station offer a compelling package of location, views, in-unit and common area amenities and services.
Dir [...]
The spectacular view from Echelon at K Station
You feel the absence of sunlight more keenly when you have a great view of Chicago spread out before you. And the panoramic view from the 37th flo [...]
K2 construction, Marie’s view from the tower crane
Marie Spear and Greg Hayes, the team operating the tower crane at K2 at K Station, are veteran members of Operating Engineers Local 150. They spen [...]
Fifield announces $104.5M sale of Echelon at K Station
The news release just came across our virtual desk:
CHICAGO – (February 2, 2012) Chicago-based Fifield Companies and its joint-venture partner, [...]
Five years ago today the Tribune reported plans for Kinzie Station
The headline read 6-tower project planned, and the story began:
A Chicago-based developer intends to build a $750 million residential project n [...]
A K2 construction update from Alan Schachtman
Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment build [...]
A panoramic view of K2 at K Station
Our unusually warm winter weather is facilitating rapid progress at the K2 at K Station construction site.
You can see more coverage of the 34 [...]
Marie Spear’s view from the tower crane at K2
Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building.
At K2 at K Station, a 34-story ap [...]
Alta at K Station focuses holiday giving on children
Chicago's real estate brokers and developers have a long, proud tradition of charitable giving throughout the year, and they typically step up the [...]
Meet Charlie Zechel, a master cement finisher
The focus of work this week at K2 at K Station is completing site excavation and forming and pouring the basement walls of this new high-rise apar [...]
The flying forms are flying at K2
We've been diligently following construction progress at K2 at K Station, a new rental high-rise, for the past several weeks. You can see video of [...]
Year-end flurry of downtown high-rise sales
Crain's is reporting the sale of Flair Tower, 222 W Erie St, and 1212 S Michigan Ave, both rental apartment buildings. A sale may also be in the w [...]
Tower crane trivia at K2
I spent some time yesterday chatting with Marie, an 18-year veteran crane operator, who will be half of the team running the tower crane at K2 at [...]
Erecting the tower crane at K2 at K Station
A well-run high-rise construction site is an amazing scene, buzzing with a variety of activities, with massive amounts of material arriving consta [...]
Day one of a 5-day build-a-crane show at K2
The new apartment tower at K2 at K Station is rolling along.
McHugh Construction completed the drilling of 120 80-foot deep caissons in just 2 [...]