Project Spotlight: North Loop Green

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Earlier this year, NAIOP Minnesota selected North Loop Green as the winner of the Mixed Use category!

PROJECT NAME: North Loop Green III

OWNER/DEVELOPER: Hines

ARCHITECT: ESG Architecture & Design

OCCUPANCY DATE: March 1st, 2024, Residential | May 1st, 2024, Office

NUMBER OF STORIES: 34 stories, Residential | 14 stories, Office

TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE: 1,090,709 SF

NUMBER OF APARTMENTS: 343 market-rate apartments | 96 Sonder short-term apartments

PROJECT SUMMARY: 

North Loop Green celebrates the best of city living with sweeping, iconic views of Target Field, the skyline and the Mississippi and live-work-play lifestyle goals. Planned and developed during the pandemic, this engaging 1,090,709-square-foot mixed-use development is boldly built to bring people together. Its Class AA office tower, market-rate residential tower, and Sonder Hospitality short-term stay residential units provide world-class amenities and activities attached via Skybridge. Public offerings include innovative eateries and a game-changing one-acre public park just off the Cedar Lake Trail and public transit lines, curated with diverse year-round programming by Marquee Development.

The development approach for North Loop Green follows the Town Square Model, providing a mix of office, residential, hotel/short-term rental, retail/food & beverage, event space, and entertainment in an environment that is aesthetically appealing and emotionally engaging. Each component relates to and compliments the others, facilitating communal interaction and congregation. Public and private parking supplement the transit-oriented development’s convenient drop-off the plaza and manifold bus, train, rideshare, walking, and cycling options in the immediate vicinity. In its parts and as a whole, North Loop Green celebrates its dynamic neighborhood and takes it to the next level.

ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY:

Sleek, contemporary, and engaging, North Loop Green celebrates and elevates its vibrant neighborhood.

Rising 34 stories with abundant glass and terraces, NLG’s office and residential towers enjoy unmatched views of the city and share world-class amenities via Skybridge. Its Grand Staircase and The Green further activate engagement, from dining to 300+ hosted community events a year.

Exteriors complement the historic warehouse context. Interiors celebrate the neighborhood’s industrial heritage using natural finishes and materials, creating an inviting environment for work and living.

Exemplifying innovation and hospitality, this development transforms this site into an exciting and iconic community-centered destination.

UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION CHALLENGES:

High-density site tightly bounded by I-94 access viaducts, mass transit routes, Target Field, and Cedar Lake Trail.

Basset Creek flows under the project, requiring deep foundations to straddle the creek tunnel and access for watershed management.

Soil conditions varied throughout the project, requiring multiple foundation systems to be evaluated, priced, and implemented.

13 elevator installations and one 14th-floor plunge pool.

Preconstruction took place during the pandemic, managing through volatility and uncertainty.

With 1+ million worker hours invested in construction, NLG was a no-lost-time accident project.

PROJECT SUCCESS:

North Loop Green is perfectly positioned to embrace and enhance its vibrant neighborhood with engaging, inventive live-work-play offerings above and beyond anything currently in the area.

34-story residential tower with 343 upscale apartments.

14-story office tower with flex/hybrid work options.

96 Sonder short-term rentals provide a hotel guest experience.

10,253 square feet of retail, including Hope Breakfast and Salt & Floor, by social entrepreneur Brian Ingram.

One-acre public-use park, The Green, provides year-round activities and entertainment programming operated by Marquee Development. The Chicago-based real estate developer specializes in neighborhood public space making, creating spaces that promote civic engagement.

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