LG Group & NORR joined forces to repurpose the historic, century-old Arthur Harris Building in Fulton Market for ultramodern adaptive mixed-use residential development, Arthur on Aberdeen.
February 26, 2025 — Every day, residents of Arthur on Aberdeen come home to a masterpiece.
Designed for those with uncompromising taste, this 19-story, 420,000 square foot adaptive mixed-use multifamily project in Chicago’s Fulton Market – with architecture from NORR and interiors by LG Design – reinvents the concept of ultramodern living.
The intricately designed development was centered around the Arthur Harris Building, which was home to a steel float manufacturing company that had been in operation since 1904. Occupying an irregularly shaped site, the 100+-year-old historic bow truss building could not be replicated – requiring LG Group and NORR to incorporate it at the ground floor level.
As part of the expansion plan, LG Group and NORR joined the original building with a new 18-story residential tower containing 363 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. The old and new buildings were linked by a glass connector with a three-story podium with retail space, while the residential lobby and tower itself were set back from the Arthur Harris Building.
When it came to translating this dynamic look and feel to Arthur on Aberdeen’s interiors, LG Design found inspiration in the building’s original functionality.
“The design vision was driven by an early site visit,” LG Group’s Creative Director, Luke Roberts, recalled. “All the equipment, uniforms and signage were pops of bright color in a very raw industrial space, and that tension and contrast became the big driver for [the design].”
The team translated that intersection into a design that nods to Fulton Market’s hospitality boom, emulating the essence of an upscale boutique hotel. In its heritage-focused modern visual storytelling, raw elements such as stainless steel, concrete and wood combine with an inviting 1970s color palette and unexpected textural finishes.
This considered approach was extended to the project’s two floors of thoughtfully curated amenity spaces featuring quality furnishings, including a full pool deck with cabanas and large fitness center with HIIT area, both featuring commissioned murals by local artist, Liz Flores.
“The amount of amenity space that we have [offers] different types of outdoor/indoor environments, and those environments sort of speak to each other,” George Sorich, NORR’s Vice President, Residential, North America, enthused.
All of this taken together, Arthur on Aberdeen boldly bends the standard approaches to multifamily development design and programming.
To read the full story on Arthur on Aberdeen in LG Group’s Quarterly Field Report, click here.