The Row Fulton Market

At 43 stories, The Row Fulton Market is significantly taller and more slender than anything you might expect to find in Chicago’s West Loop. We worked with Morris Adjmi and Stantec to develop an efficient structural system that resists wind forces while reducing structural complexity. 

The 586,000-square-foot mixed-use development includes nearly 300 apartments above a five-story podium with additional residences, retail space, an amenity deck, nearly 140 parking stalls, and access to public transportation.

A Concrete Core That Supports Flexible Apartment Layouts 

The tower uses cast-in-place reinforced post-tensioned concrete floor plates, shear walls, and columns supported on belled caissons. Its innovative structural configuration makes use of the full central core of the building for structural support, rather than confining the structural walls to the elevator and stairwell areas. This broader distribution of structural support eliminated the need for costly fin walls or outriggers. It also gives architects greater flexibility in designing the residential units by eliminating structural elements that would restrict their layouts. 

Coordinating the Structure with Parking & the Streetscape 

The tower’s structural grid also had to accommodate the parking layout in the podium below. Our team carefully coordinated the tower columns with the parking stalls to maximize parking capacity while maintaining an efficient layout for the lower levels. 

At the crown, staggered terraces break up the tower’s vertical form and create a distinctive profile against the Fulton Market skyline. The result is a residential tower that meets the demands of a dense, mixed-use development while bringing a new height and scale to the neighborhood.