Lend Lease completes Energy-Star-rated apartment building at 625 W Division St.
Published: 9/17/18
Developer Gerding Edlen’s 18-floor building, Xavier replaces a 42,000 square-foot empty lot at 625 W Division St. The building- designed by GREC Architects and built by general contractor Lend Lease- holds 240 luxury apartments and 4,500 square-feet of retail space.
Located in the Cabrini Green neighborhood, Xavier features studio, 1- and 2-bedroom apartments. Units range between 500 and 1,000 square-feet in size and feature floor-to-ceiling glass, concrete ceilings and hardwood floors. These luxury rentals were built with a modern kitchen fitted with Energy-Star appliances.
Tenants of this 280,000 square-foot building enjoy almost 30,000 square-feet of shared amenity space. Amenities include access to the 13,000 square-foot, third-floor recreation deck, rooftop deck, movie room, fitness center and private pool. A fully-equipped chef’s demonstration kitchen is also available to tenants.
Xavier is a pet-friendly building offering several unique amenities for pet owners. Tenants can groom their dogs in a special dog-washing station and take them out for exercise in either the indoor or outdoor dog-run areas.
Developers had this building designed with sustainability in mind. Landscaping around the project features native plant species irrigated by a storm-water harvesting system. A LEED-certified (Gold) green building, Xavier also is also equipped with electric vehicle charging stations.
Xavier is situated right down the street from Clybourn 1200 and Terrace 459 at Parkside of Old Town.
