Summit completes remodel of Old Town mainstay, The Fireplace Inn

General contractor Summit Design + Build, LLC recently completed the interior and exterior renovation of the Fireplace Inn, a restaurant and bar in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The renovation was the first since 2010 and added new spaces for dining and entertaining.

The Fireplace Inn has been a neighborhood institution since it opened in 1968 at 1448 N. Wells Street. Today, the restaurant currently occupies two adjacent buildings at the same site. The majority of Summit’s work was in the southern building, which was added to the restaurant in 1999. The restaurant remained operational during construction, which was completed in November.

IPSA Architecture & Design served as the project architect for the Fireplace Inn project. The renovation of the space totaled 2,480 square feet and included adding new bathrooms in the lower level, the construction of a new bar with custom millwork, the build-out of a second floor dining and event space and a new exterior façade and paint.

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The Old Town Institution Gets First Renovation Since 2010

Summit Design + Build, LLC, recently completed the interior and exterior renovation of the Fireplace Inn, a restaurant and bar in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. The renovation was the first since 2010 and added new spaces for dining and entertaining.

The Fireplace Inn has been a self-proclaimed neighborhood institution since it opened in 1969 at 1448 N. Wells Street. Today, the restaurant currently occupies two adjacent buildings at the same site. The majority of Summit’s work was in the Southern building, which was added to the restaurant in 1999.

The renovation of the space totaled 2,480 square feet and included:

IPSA Architecture & Design served as the project architect for the Fireplace Inn project. The restaurant remained operational during construction, which was completed in November.

Fireplace Inn Imagery

Construction Continues as Summit Tops Out Steel at 1201 N. Clark

General contractor, Summit Design + Build, recently topped out steel for the vertical addition at 1201 N. Clark, an adaptive reuse project in Chicago’s Gold Coast. The existing four-story mixed-use commercial building is undergoing a major renovation and conversion that will transform the office space on the second through fourth floors into luxury apartments and add a five-story vertical addition with four floors of apartments and a ninth floor penthouse and community roof deck.

Once complete, the nine-story, 90,000 square foot mixed-use building will feature 98 high-end apartments ranging from studios to two-bedrooms. The building will also maintain its 10,000 square feet of first floor retail space which is partially occupied by Dunkin Donuts and Sprint. Given the project’s close proximity to public transit, just steps from the Clark and Division red line, it is being marketed as a transit oriented development and will not offer parking for tenants.

1201 N. Clark will join the supply of over 6,000 apartments added in the Gold Coast over the last three years and will offer high-end features and amenities for tenants including:

East and West facing units on floors five through eight will also feature private balconies. Construction will continue this fall with the installation of the exterior fiber cement board skin for the vertical addition and the build-out of units starting on floors two through four.

Hartshorne Plunkard Architects (HPA) is serving as the project architect for 1201 N. Clark. Construction of 1201 N. Clark is scheduled to be complete by spring of 2020.