The Towering Isthmus: 8-story Alchemy Apartments on North Lake Street, Madison WI (April 2023 construction site visit)

 

Photos:  Madison Plan Commission

From the letter of intent:

The redevelopment of 619 – 621 N. Lake St involves removing the existing 3 story residential buildings and constructing a new eight story multi-family building. The new building will include 2 apartments on the second floor and a first-floor living/study/meeting spaces for Alpha Chi Sigma (AXS), a co-ed professional chemistry fraternity with more than 50 members. The remaining upper levels have three apartments on each floor resulting in a total of 20 apartments. We are requesting a conditional use for the site zoned Downtown Residential (DR2).

Current construction status

Photos by Retiring Guy

Other Towering Isthmus posts:

2023

10-story mixed-use development at Park and Regent, Madison WI.  (5/1)

oliv on State Street.  (5/1)

12-story apartment building going up behind Kohl Center.  (5/1)

Madison McCormick housing project on Broom Street.  (4/29)

Judge Doyle Square hotel project.  (2/9)

145 West Wilson Street.  (2/9)

Verve Living. (1/10)

2022

Developer to transform the Library Mall end of State Street in Madison WI.  (3/27)

2020

Downtown Madison MATC campus proposal.  (2/13)

2019

AC Hotel Madison is open for business.  (11/12)

Keeping tabs on HubbA HubBa and the West Gorham Street canyon.  (4/21)

Uncommon unbranded.  (4/21)

To buutique or not to boutique.  (4/8)

151 East Wilson. (1/4)

2017

East Washington corridor.  (9/12)

Two views of the Lyric Apartments from a sunny East Mifflin vantage point.  (9/12)

2016
The Lux on West Johnson Street.  (10/23)

Another look at Ovation 309.  (10/22)
Capitol's Edge Apartments, the final shots.  (9/16)

2015
The Towers of Porta Bella.  (8/13)
670,000 square foot development risin' on the 800 block of East Washington.  (4/19)

Sleeping and entertainment destination to rise in the middle of this photo.  (1/11)

2014
Cranes at dusk.  (12/11)

The Towering Isthmus: A behemoth hogs the skyline from Bascom Hill.  (12/4)
The Hub, the new hulk in town.  (11/16)
North Bedford Street Project Still in the Proposal Stage.  (11/11)
Blue Velvet.  (9/10)
The New Edgewater Hotel gets ready for its fireworks celebration.  (9/10)
Among the first wave of towers on the Isthmus.  (9/9)
For those of you who haven't stood at the intersection of West Gilman and State Street in Madison Wisconsin lately.  (9/9)
A tree grows on West Gilman Street.  (9/9)
Nobly or otherwise, this is no longer the question.  (9/8)
The towering isthmus (left to right).  (8/27)
The Towering Isthmus (and the 3 cranes): For folks who can afford the view.  (7/22)
That Was Then, This is Now: The 400 Block of West Gilman.  (7/18)
New housing rising.  (5/8)