6/18/12
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...
5/24/12
K2 at K Station is a 496-unit 34-story apartment tower that’s under construction in Chicago’s Fulton River District. McHugh Construction Project Engineer Owen Smith...
5/23/12
When I visited K2 at K Station earlier today approximately 150 workers from various trades were busy assembling plumbing fittings, installing electrical equipment and...
5/18/12
My recent schedule has kept me from spending as much time as I would have liked to at K2 at K Station, which is...
4/18/12
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 building under construction...
3/12/12
The residences at Echelon at K Station offer a compelling package of location, views, in-unit and common area amenities and services. Directly across the...
2/14/12
You feel the absence of sunlight more keenly when you have a great view of Chicago spread out before you. And the panoramic view...
2/7/12
Marie Spear and Greg Hayes, the team operating the tower crane at K2 at K Station, are veteran members of Operating Engineers Local 150....
2/2/12
The news release just came across our virtual desk: CHICAGO – (February 2, 2012) Chicago-based Fifield Companies and its joint-venture partner, Pacific Life Insurance...
2/1/12
The headline read 6-tower project planned, and the story began: A Chicago-based developer intends to build a $750 million residential project near downtown that...
1/17/12
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 building under construction...
1/10/12
Our unusually warm winter weather is facilitating rapid progress at the K2 at K Station construction site. You can see more coverage of the...
1/5/12
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,...
12/21/11
Chicago’s real estate brokers and developers have a long, proud tradition of charitable giving throughout the year, and they typically step up their efforts...
12/14/11
The focus of work this week at K2 at K Station is completing site excavation and forming and pouring the basement walls of this...
12/10/11
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...
12/7/11
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...
12/2/11
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...
12/1/11
A well-run high-rise construction site is an amazing scene, buzzing with a variety of activities, with massive amounts of material arriving constantly and quickly...
11/28/11
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...