{"id":289259,"date":"2025-10-09T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/289259\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:48:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T12:48:28","slug":"tower-crane-permit-issued-for-1221-west-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/289259\/","title":{"rendered":"Tower Crane Permit Issued For 1221 West Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As excavation work wraps up and pile driving nears, a tower crane permit has been issued for 1221 West Washington on the boundary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/fulton-market\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulton Market District<\/a> and the West Loop. The permit had been in the Chicago Data Portal since August 28, and it went live on Wednesday, October 8.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83228\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1221-washington-02.jpg\" alt=\"1221 West Washington excavation progress\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Excavation work for 1221 West Washington, September 2025<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83223\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJmb2N1cy1pbWFnZXMiLCJrZXkiOiJwcm9qZWN0cy8xMjIxLVctV2FzaGluZ3Rvbl8tVmlldy1vbi1XYXNoaW5n.webp\" alt=\"1221 West Washington excavation work\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1203\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1221 West Washington by Pappageorge Haymes Partners<\/p>\n<p>As the concrete contractor, McHugh Concrete is the master of the crane, operating it for general contractor Focus, who is also the residential tower\u2019s developer. YIMBY <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/09\/excavation-is-underway-with-piles-to-follow-shortly-at-1221-west-washington.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visited the site<\/a> in late September to view excavation work. The 19-story, 287-unit apartment tower Focus is erecting with DAC Developments and Melrose Ascension Capital came back to life with a <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/05\/1221-west-washington-scores-its-building-permit-29-months-after-permission-for-foundations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">full permit<\/a> back in May, two and a half years after receiving its foundation permit in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago currently has nine tower cranes in the air; 1221 West Washington will be the tenth. The long-tenured rig at the Obama Presidential Center was taken down late last month. Permits have been issued for 410 North Elizabeth and 1630 South Wabash, but those machines have yet to be erected.<\/p>\n<p>A permit for the first tower crane at Riverline was pending for 1010 South Wells, but that one has disappeared from the data portal. The 23-story hotel tower at 424 South Wabash, expected to begin construction in December, will certainly need a tower crane.<\/p>\n<p>Here are your Chicago Nine:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ballys-crane-37.jpg\" alt=\"Bally's Casino tower crane\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bally\u2019s Casino Hotel<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/370-morgan-44.jpg\" alt=\"370 North Morgan September 2025 construction progress\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">370 North Morgan<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/thompson-center-tower-crane-06.jpg\" alt=\"Thompson Center tower crane\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Thompson Center\/Google HQ<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shedd-crane-28.jpg\" alt=\"Shedd Aquarium renovations\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shedd Aquarium<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82789\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/626-wabash-15.jpg\" alt=\"626 South Wabash construction update September 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">626 South Wabash<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/UIC-parking-crane-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">UIC Grenshaw parking garage<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/400-lake-shore-jump-4-47.jpg\" alt=\"400 Lake Shore North Tower September crane jump\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">400 Lake Shore North Tower<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/uchicago-med-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbvie Foundation Cancer Pavilion<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chicago-Building-Permit-Application-Status-Application-Status-10-08-2025_10_19_AM.png\" alt=\"1221 West Washington tower crane permit issued\" width=\"1425\" height=\"1182\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tower crane permit, issued 10\/08\/2025, via the Chicago Data Portal<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g_VSUf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong><\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Follow<\/strong><\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Like<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Follow<\/strong><\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/fulton-market\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulton Market<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/residential\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residential<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/west-loop\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Loop<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As excavation work wraps up and pile driving nears, a tower crane permit has been issued for 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