Located in the River West neighborhood of Chicago, directly adjacent to an active transit subway line, this 24-story mixed-use building is approximately 201,350 GSF and includes resident amenities and two retail spaces on the ground floor, parking on Levels 1 through 4, an amenity deck and residential units on Level 5, and the remaining levels… Read More

This six-story, 323,396 SF multi-family residential project includes over 200 units in a mix of studio, 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom units. Amenities include a 13,000 SF outdoor deck on the second level and coworking space at the mezzanine level above the lobby. The project was originally envisioned with cold-formed metal framing for the residential levels… Read More

This state‑of‑the‑art aquatic facility delivers approximately 4,700 SF of new space, anchored by a 3,100 SF dual‑height natatorium. The design also revitalizes 1,300 SF of existing building area, blending new construction with repurposed spaces to create a cohesive, modern environment. The structure of the natatorium includes reinforced CMU walls supporting long-span glulam beams and tongue‑and‑groove… Read More

This project involved the renovation of a 14,000 SF building for CircEsteem—a non-profit dedicated to uniting youth of all backgrounds and identities by building self-esteem and mutual respect through circus arts. Originally constructed in 1914, the building was originally known as the Lakeside Theater and is included in Chicago’s Uptown Square Historic District. The work… Read More

The Nancy Franco-Maldonado Paseo Boricua Arts Building is a five-story, approximately 23,000 SF community arts and residential center on the 2700 Block of West Division Street in the heart of the Humboldt Park neighborhood. Paseo Boricua offers 24 affordable apartments reserved for people earning 30 and 60 percent of the area median income; a 99-seat… Read More

Humboldt Park Health, formerly known as Norwegian American Hospital, is a 120-year-old hospital in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Originally constructed of masonry bearing walls and clay tile floors, the hospital has undergone numerous renovations to expand and reimagine its space, improve patient care, and keep up with the frequent changes and updates required of modern… Read More

This project included structural design for a 49,000 SF, one-story warehouse with a storage mezzanine. The new building replaced an existing warehouse at the same site that was destroyed by fire in 2020 and includes 37,000 SF of warehouse floor, a loading dock with space for three semi-trailer trucks, a 5,000 SF truck maintenance shop,… Read More

Preliminary design of an eight-story, approx. 188,100 SF corporate headquarters building for The Boler Company in Schaumburg, IL. The first four floors are used for parking with approximately 252 parking stalls. The first office floor starts at Level 5 and also consists of an outdoor terrace area. Levels 6, 7 and 8 are also offices… Read More

This 26-story, 320,000 SF mixed-use development includes student housing and retail space. BASE performed a comparative analysis and value engineering study of the typical parking and residential floors and proposed several ways to simplify the post-tensioning (PT), including reducing the number of full length tendons and providing additional dead-end tendons only where required by analysis. … Read More

LINEA is a 35-story, 366,834 SF tower at 215 W Lake Street directly adjacent to an active transit line within the Loop of downtown Chicago. BASE performed value engineering of the post-tensioned slabs and vertical elements.  Typical parking and residential levels were studied in detail using 3D finite element analysis to optimize the layout of… Read More