Green Bean Chicago

True Nature Rooftop Victory Garden

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Location

6034 N. Broadway Map

Owner
True Nature Foods

Architect
Echo Studio

True Nature Foods, a community-oriented organic foods store has installed a 1,400 sf green roof on top of their building, a former auto shop. This modest project would be similar to many others in Chicago if it weren't for the fact that this roof is to be food-producing - plants grown on the roof will eventually be sold alongside the store's other produce. The roof was made possible through the efforts of Urban Habitat Chicago, a start-up nonprofit interested in experimental projects.

Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

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Location

3600 W. Fullerton Map

Owner
Infant Welfare Society of Chicago

Architect
SMNG-A Architects
Photo courtesy Leslie Schwartz Photography

The Infant Welfare Society is a 3-story, 39,000 sf medical office building housing a pediatric and women's health clinic and a pediatric dental clinic serving uninsured and underserved women and children. The project is an adaptive reuse of a former bank building most recently used as a YMCA. The building opened in April 2005, when the organization relocated from its former Lincoln Park location - the new Logan Square location is much closer to the population the clinic serves. The project has earned a LEED Certified rating and SMNG-A won a Driehaus Foundation award for the project.

Whole Foods Market - South Loop

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1101 S. Canal Map

Owner
Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.

Architect
Heights Venture Architects, LLP

The South Loop Whole Foods Market is a 53,000 sf organic foods grocery store located within the new Southgate Market development. This will be Whole Foods' largest store in Chicago and is seeking a Certified rating under LEED for Commercial Interiors. There are a handful of other grocery stores in the U.S. that have pursued LEED certification (including Whole Foods in Sarasota, Florida and Austin, Texas), and consequently the design team has invested significant effort in exploring the relationship between LEED and food stores.

Greenworks Wind Tower

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Location.

2900 W. Ferdinand Map

Owner
Christy Webber Landscapes

Here's a brief update on the latest component in Christy Webber's Greenworks project. A 67' tower is being constructed within the on-site detention pond to house two Aerotecture wind turbines with a total electrical output of 2 kW. The simple but interesting structure is constructed entirely from steel tubes and will be a nice landmark for the 'eco-industrial park'. The Aerotecture product has now been installed on the Near North SRO and won one of Mayor Daley's Greenworks Awards last night, so they're receiving more and more attention. The tower structural design is by Drucker Zajdel Structural Engineers.

Southgate Market

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Location

1101 S. Canal Map

Owner
JPS Interests

Architect
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects

Southgate Market is a five-story 'mall' housing several big-box type retailers, including Whole Foods Market, Office Depot, and Linens and Things. The project is seeking a LEED for Core and Shell Certified rating. The developer has publicly questioned the value of the certification, so hopefully his experience on this project will be positive and lead to other green (and LEED) projects.

Pacific Garden Mission

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Location

1458 S. Canal Map

Owner
Pacific Garden Mission

Architect
Tigerman McCurry Architects
Image produced by Built Light

Pacific Garden Mission is a 3-story, 156,000 sf rescue mission serving homeless men and women. The new building at 14th Place and Canal is a replacement (not without controversy) for the organization's two existing locations that serve men and women separately, including the location at 646 S. State with the iconic sign (which is planned to be relocated). The new facility will house nearly 1,000 beds, serve 180,000 meals a month, and include gymnasiums, classrooms, library spaces, and all of the food and laundry services required to support such a massive operation.

Technology Business Center

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Location

3440 S. Dearborn Map

Owner
Wexford Equities

Architect
Cannon Design

Technology Business Center is a 138,000 sf core and shell laboratory building and one of the first pieces of the University Technology Park at IIT. The building was formerly the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chemistry Research Building and was purchased by a private company for redevelopment. Rehabilitation work on the original 1959 structure includes installation of a new atrium, exterior wall and window renovations, and new MEP services to accommodate future tenants. The tenant spaces may be built out as simple offices or wet or dry laboratories. The project is seeking a LEED Certified rating under LEED for Core and Shell.

300 N. LaSalle

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300 N. LaSalle Map

Owner
Hines

Architect
Pickard Chilton (Design)
Kendall/Heaton Associates (Architect of Record)

300 N. LaSalle is a 60-story, 1.3 million square foot office tower with 3 levels of underground parking and street and river level restaurant space. The project has earned LEED Gold pre-certification under the LEED for Core and Shell program. Construction began in July 2006 and is scheduled for completion in 2009.

Essentially all of the green features found in One South Dearborn, Hines' first LEED project in Chicago, are included here and need not be reiterated. One major, but not ground-breaking, addition is a green roof.

Bethel Center

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Location

4000 W. Lake Map

Owner
Bethel New Life

Architect
Farr Associates
Image ©Farr Associates | Architecture | Planning | Preservation, Chicago, IL

Bethel Center is 23,000 sf, 2-story commercial center comprised of storefront retail spaces, a daycare center, an employment center, and a community computer lab. The building has a direct connection to the adjacent Lake & Pulaski CTA Green Line stop via a bridge. The project, which is seeking LEED Gold certification, was completed in May 2005 and received a nice review from Blair Kamin. The lead designer was former Farr principal Kevin Pierce.

111 S. Wacker

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111 S. Wacker Map

Developer
The John Buck Company

Architect
Goettsch Partners

111 S. Wacker is a 53-story, 1.46 million sf speculative office tower completed in 2005 and was the first building ever to receive LEED for Core and Shell Gold certification. The project has won several awards and been the subject of varied media coverage. The building was sold earlier this year to a German investment fund, reportedly for a Chicago record-breaking $400/sf. Although the green building community would like to tout the building's greenness as contributing to this sales prices, Buck has stated they do not believe this is the case. Rather, the developer sees LEED certification here as a test case for future projects.