Chicago & Midwest + Downtown + Retail | November 18, 2021

15 S. Wabash Ave. Jeweler's Building Chicago

Jeweler’s Building Redevelopment Wins Preservation Excellence Award

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks honored Cubed Construction and the team behind the recent development of The Jeweler’s Building at 15 S. Wabash Ave. with its 2021 Preservation Excellence Award. Cubed served as general contractor alongside developers Honore Properties and Peerless Development

Designed by Adler & Sullivan and completed in 1882, the five-story Ruskinian Gothic building is the oldest surviving structure from the architects’ partnership. It had seen very little in terms of capital improvements in decades and there was nothing in the way of plans or drawings to guide the renovation in order to meet the state and city’s requirements for a historic rehab.

“We certainly faced our fair share of challenges on this project as is typical when renovating these older buildings,” said Cubed principal Eric Weber. “We relied almost exclusively on pictures and our bench of highly skilled craftsmen to reproduce elements of the building.”

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 13-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 15-20 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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