K2 Chicago

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Location: 365 N. Halstead St. Chicago IL

Type: Residential, Rentals

Units: 496

Height: 366 ft

Floors: 34

Start Construction: 11-2-2011

Completion Date: 2013


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K2, Last Skyscraper at K Station, Officially Breaks Ground

November 2nd, 2011

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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held earlier today for K2, the 34-story apartment tower that represents the final piece of the development known as K Station.

With the rumble and squeal of 120 caissons being laid in the background, the architects, developers, partners, backers, bankers, and others showed up in a dusty lot next to the construction site for the ceremony this morning.

Instead of turning dirt with a brass shovel, a time capsule was sealed with mementos of life in 2011. It will be opened in 2111. Among the items in the time capsule are a copy of Crain’s Chicago Business, a Chicago Tribune, a printed Google satellite map of the area, a Chicago Blackhawks pennant, and someone’s old Blackberry.

Here are the vitals on the building:

•Developers: Fifield Companies and Wood Partners
•Architecture firm: Papageorge/Haymes
•General contractor: McHugh Construction
•Anticipated completion: 2013
•Floors: 34
•Apartments: 496
•Address: 365 North Halsted Street
•The building will connect at ground level on West Kinzie Street, and to the bridge level of North Halsted Street.
•Plank flooring.
•Higher ceilings than previous K Station buildings.

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Construction of K2

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Bit of an overly ambitious name for such a 'puny' tower if you ask me...

^^ Indeed!

Another boring filler building.

Shot video earlier today of ironworkers adding two sections to the 238-foot tower crane. It's at YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6mL216XPiU).

Write-up I did for Curbed, with pics:
http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2012/02/09/-stylefontsize-9px-textalign-centerclick-15.php

Nice piece of writing! This is close to the Museum Park and Soldiers Field right?

looks not bad.but for me a little bit it's like a "box" :)

My latest pics/writeup for Curbed
http://chicago.curbed.com/archives/2012/05/10/k2.php

Nice piece of writing! This is close to the Museum Park and Soldiers Field right?

Nowhere near that. It's in the West Loop just west of Wolf Point.