MEMBERS AT WORK From left, BAC Local 21 IL Tile Setters Donald Bachler and Mark Parker.
Windy City Strong How BAC members built one of Chicago’s most significant skyscraper projects
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oaring high above the intersection that includes River North, the Magnificent Mile and Gold Coast, One Chicago Square is the latest addition to the Windy City’s iconic skyline. The mixed-use project, which gets its name from its 1 W. Chicago Avenue address, replaces a block-sized parking lot across from Holy Name Cathedral. Scheduled to be completed in early 2022, One Chicago’s two towers (969 feet and 574 feet, respectively) will feature 735 rental apartments, 77 owner-occupied condominiums, 1,100 parking spaces, 60,000
square feet of office space, a Whole Foods and a Life Time athletic club. Part of the team logging hours in the skyline-altering project included a number of BAC members working for A.L.L. Masonry Construction (17,000 hours), Bourbon Tile & Marble (31,000 hours), Granite Innovations (30,000 hours) and the Mike Cachey Construction Company (1,800 hours). They joined project developer JDL Development and general contractor Power Construction. “BAC members are proud to be part of constructing another
great building that will be an iconic element of Chicago’s skyline,” said the President of Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois Mike Volpentesta. “This structure will always be remembered by the people who worked on it as proof that we will continue on after this historic pandemic – overcoming all obstacles as they were put in front of us.”
PANDEMIC STRESSED SUPPLY CHAIN In a development so encompassing — built in a time of such unprecedented challenges and circumstances — one of the most ISSUE 1, 2022 // 3
