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  Check us out in the Spring 2022 Issue of Licensed Architect on pages 8 & 9!   Read the Latest Issue Now >>    

We’d like to thank our investors, architects, subcontractors, and every person on our team for making our Topping Off event such a great day. 1125 West Van Buren – Avra West Loop – wouldn’t be off the ground without each and every one of you.

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Why Tandem? I am fortunate enough that I have always known what I have wanted to do. Tandem started when I was 5 or 6 years old. I just did not know it back then. What do you do at Tandem? I do all the construction hiring, make final contractor selections and strategize about the direction and what the next year will look like. What excites you about your work? The most exciting thing is the all all-star team in front of me. Watching their innate skills makes me proud to be around every one of them. Not only because of […]

Around mid-2016 Tandem Inc. first heard about the concept of Lean Construction and the began to understand the importance of it. After researching, they started implementing a few practices with the construction team.  What’s special about the lean approach is how it focuses on creating value by relentlessly cutting waste and rework. In addition to this, the core values are efficiency, collaboration, accountability and transparency. These perfectly aligned with Tandem’s own values and commitment to building. An important step on Tandem’s “lean journey” was hiring industry leader Rich Seiler from Unified Works to train the team and help the tradespeople […]

With 2019 bringing exciting changes for Tandem. We wanted to take a look back at how we got here. From 2004 and beyond, read below for a bit of background on the history of Tandem. 2004 Tandem was started when Tony Andrews, Sean Staunton, Chris Walsh, and Dimitri Nassis joined together with the vision of building new single-family homes on the north side of Chicago, IL. The entire team was looking for career changes and to scratch a collective entrepreneurial itch. It all came together at their first office located in Roscoe Village at 1720 W School Street. The vision […]

As 2018 drew to a close, we wanted to take a look back at the accomplishments we achieved over the past year. To say the least, it was a milestone year for our company. The highlight being breaking ground on our first ever high rise project at 730 N Milwaukee Ave in River West through our partnership with Rambaud Holdings. Although we still have a long way to go (another 9 stories to be exact), we are thrilled with the progress that we’ve made. Not only did our crew close out the year ahead of schedule, but our budget is coming […]

We have been applying some LEAN construction methods in our latest project at 730 N. Milwaukee in the River West area of Chicago. Take a look at how all parties are collaborating to make this project a great success!  

We are so excited about the progress on our project in Lakeview at roughly 10 months since breaking ground.  

Had a blast at our team outing last Friday – we went over to Whirlyball up in Bucktown to catch up with coworkers and kick back after a long week at the office (or on site). We played a few rounds of Whirlyball, followed by dinner, and then bowling!

We celebrated 2017 with the entire team last night at our company dinner. Thank you to everyone who’ve helped us make Tandem a success, here’s to an even better new year!                               Take a look at our accomplishments and memories from last year:  

We are excited to begin construction on a new development in Lakeview – it will be an 18-unit mixed project expected to complete in the Spring of 2018. Look forward to more updates in the future! [huge_it_slider id=”3″]

A big congrats to Michael & Kelly on their engagement!! A beautiful proposal set on the terrace of one of our units at MODE – great drone shots of the courtyard and props to on the set up.. wishing you guys happy days ahead~

Visit us at our new address in River West: 700 N Carpenter St, Chicago, IL 60642 The set-up is still in progress.. but we’re getting there! Thanks to everyone who helped out; we are looking forward to the days ahead in the new office 🙂

I’m happy to announce that we are partnering with ORI Systems as one of the select developers showcasing their design! ORI is currently installed at our apartments, MODE Logan Square (1950 N Campbell Ave, Chicago, IL 60647) in a studio unit. Please contact our Development Manager, Jeffrey Hreben for further inquiries: jeffrey@tandeminc.net.    

Shifting demographics pave way for TOD opportunities to best transform Chicago’s urbanscape Trends point to TOD Despite an overall loss in population for the city of Chicago, Chicago’s downtown has experienced accelerated growth. Figures indicate that there has been a resurgence of downtown living as more people are moving to city-centers, with a number of companies trailing close behind.  In the recent years, we’ve seen big-name tech companies, investment groups, food conglomerates and others make their move to the city. In today’s world, being single and living alone is becoming increasingly common; the 2014 US census reports that roughly half […]

Yesterday, some of our team attended the groundbreaking for The Promenade at Founder’s Square, the largest development in Portage Indiana at 15 acres. The living community consists of 304 apartment units, along with over 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail, commercial, and restaurant space. Our architects have been a part of this project for over a year, and we’re excited to see everything come together!  

We are nearly there with the landscaping at MODE Logan Square.. if everything goes according to schedule, it should be done by the end of the month in time for the start of Summer. Note the outdoor grills (still in progress) in the courtyard, just waiting for that perfect warm Saturday for a BBQ. Speaking of the weather, what is this windy, rainy, 40-degree mess today when it was just warm and sunny in the 70s yesterday? I guess it isn’t Chicago if you’re not wearing shorts and flip-flops one day, and your winter jacket and scarf the next. Let’s […]