Construction starts on west tower laundry renovation

July 19, 2009 – Photos of the west tower laundry room on Sunday afternoon show demolition is complete and construction has started on a renovation project that will add a fitness room.

The laundry room has been closed since June 22, with west tower residents having to walk over to the east tower to do laundry. An original estimate by residential property manager David Gantt was for the facility to be closed for “a month or so.”

On January 15, Marina Towers Condominium Association unanimously approved a controversial $435,000 plan to build a fitness room on the 20th floor of one residential tower and a new MTCA meeting room in the other tower.

(Above) Metal studs show the beginnings of a wall that will separate the laundry room from a fitness room (in foreground) on the 20th floor of the west residential tower at Marina City. Washing machines will line against the metal framework seen in the background. (Below) Entrance to area that will be the fitness room. Milan Construction Company of Chicago is the project’s general contractor. (Click on images to view larger versions.)