Archello: Omega Yeast

“Chicago-based Omega Yeast produces high-quality yeast for professional and amateur brewers. Having outgrown their facilities in renovated buildings, the company asked Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to expand operations with a new building next door that would be tailored to the unique needs of their business and respond to the residential neighborhood and the adjacent commuter rail tracks and station.” -Archello

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US Building of the Week: Omega Yeast

“Omega Yeast was founded in 2013 to provide freshly made yeast to professional brewers and homebrewers in and beyond its Chicago home. Rapid growth led to the need to expand its facilities, which were designed by Valerio Dewalt Train to fit well into the residential area on the city's Northwest Side. The architects answered a few questions about the recently completed project.” -World-Architects

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One of the country’s largest supplier of brewer’s yeast moves to new production facilities

“The company purchased an existing building a block away from the original space, but during the renovation, Omega Yeast realized it was already outpacing this new space as well. The company then purchased the lots behind the Phase 1 building to further expand the operations across the alley and to build a new building tailored to the unique business needs.” -David Malone, Building Design+Construction

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Valerio Dewalt Train reimagine a new corporate headquarters with a green architecture and a site that is more dense, more active and one that advances a pedestrian friendly tech environment

“Valerio Dewalt Train worked collaboratively with URP and Exact Sciences and interior architects Potter Lawson Architects to establish four overarching goals for University Research Park: an iconic expression akin to the innovation taking place within complex, an urban gesture that’s human-scaled and buzzing with activity, a social component for collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas, and inherently green architecture that’s sustainable by virtue and exemplary to the park.” -Global Design News

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City Unveils Finalists For C40 Reinventing Cities Competition For Site In The Loop

“The City of Chicago has unveiled the four finalist proposals for the C40 Reinventing Cities competition, planned for a city-owned site in The Loop. Located at 331 S Plymouth Court, the project site consists of a city-owned parking garage and a series of smaller parcels on the western edge of Pritzker Park. Bound by S Plymouth Court and W Van Buren Street, the rectangular parcel also has an alley running through that will be vacated.” -Lucas Kugler, Yimby

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Innovation One completes at University Research Park in Madison, Wis.

“University Research Park (URP) recently partnered with Valerio Dewalt Train (VDT) to produce a master plan meant to enliven and densify the office park’s existing facilities. A master plan was created with the intention of carving a new road from a bordering main artery street and adding below-grade parking to leave the ground level open for public space and amenities accessible by foot.” -David Malone, Building Design+Construction

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Austin’s Laramie Bank to anchor mixed-use complex with housing, blues museum

“A neglected former bank building on Chicago’s West Side will be brought back to life and incorporated into a new mixed-use complex, city officials announced last week….The project is being led by Austin United Alliance, a design and development joint venture that includes Heartland Alliance, Oak Park Regional Housing Center, Latent Design, and Valerio Dewalt Train Associates.” -Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago

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