30 • October 2016 www.concreteproducts.com
FEATURE
BY DON MARSH
SIGN OF THE TIMES
ATMI Precast recently delivered the last of a 600-piece contract for Clybourn
1200, a definitive urban infill project less than a mile from downtown Chicago.
The contract combines architectural panels with scored or fluted accents and
sandblast finishes, beams, columns and hollowcore plank. All contribute to an
accelerated erection schedule typifying a total precast structure.
The $35-million, mixed income development spans 77 rental apartments and
17,000 sq. ft. of commercial space. Northbrook, Ill.-based Brinshore Properties is
building Clybourn 1200 in partnership with a community development corpora-
tion that had operated an urban garden on the triangular site. In a nod to that
land stewardship, the new building will have a green roof with vegetable garden
and Chicago Honey Co-op beehives. A lively streetscape will include retail and
restaurant space, plus a day care center with its own rooftop garden. Chicago
architect Pappageorge Haymes has designed Clybourn 1200 with green roofs
and other features advancing Brinstone Properties' LEED certification pursuit.
The project lies at Clybourn Ave. and Division St., across from new multi-fam-
ily developments built on the site of Cabrini Green, one of the country's most
notorious post-war public housing complexes.
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