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Regatta Construction Poses Challenges

CHICAGO-The $86-million, 325-unit Regatta condominium tower is being built on land that once was part of a Lake Michigan harbor, later filled with debris from the Chicago Fire.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on February 06, 2005

CHICAGO-Construction has begun on the $86-million, 325-unit Regatta condominium tower in the Lakeshore East neighborhood. Project manager Randy Bullard, whose James McHugh Construction Co. is building the 44-story tower on E. Wacker Drive, is expecting the unexpected before the first units are scheduled to be delivered in July 2006.

Already, wood piles supporting the walls of boat slips have been uncovered by construction crews. In the 1800s, the site was a harbor. “While we have a little more elbow room here than your typical city site, the proximity to Lake Michigan, along with the mysteries of working on a site that was first part of the lake and then filled up with debris from the Chicago Fire, will keep the project interesting,” Bullard says.

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