Emerging developer files for Fulton Market high rise

A 17-story mixed-use tower may soon rise on Sangamon Street in Near West Side.

New Chicago-based developer, Joy Jordan of Fortem Voluntas Partners plans to erect an L-shaped building with office and retail space in the Fulton Market District, Urbanize Chicago reported. The building will run from West Kinzie Street to the south, up to the rail lines just south of Hubbard Street.

Designed by Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, the 260-foot-tall tower will include 267,000 square feet of office space and 9,800 square feet of retail on the ground floor.

The project will incorporate an existing masonry building that sits on the north end of the site. It will retain the existing facade as well as glass and metal paneling. Solar panels will be installed on the south side of the building and the roof.

An additional base level will be added to account for the elevation change on the site. It will have 20 parking spaces, tenant storage and space for building mechanicals. The ground level will also have a bike room.

The retail space will be divided into two separate stores with an office lobby in the center of the ground-level frontage. The first retail wing will be built along the northern edge of the building with an entry on North Sangamon Street. The second space, which will run along the southern side of the building, will be set back a ways to allow for a more open entry plaza.

Fortem Voluntas filed the project’s rezoning application and will now go through Chicago’s approval process. The design still needs to go before the Committee on Design, the Chicago Plan Commission, the Committee on Zoning and the City Council.

A construction timeline hasn’t been released, but the project is moving forward completely on spec.

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