The eco18 project at 1818 S. Wabash will have 93 condominiumunits with one and two-bedroom units. Units range in size fromabout 800 sf to nearly 1,600 sf with prices ranging from themid-$200,000's to more than $500,000, Dwyer says. Sales for thecondominiums began earlier this month with 20 reservations forunits taken the first night, Dwyer says. The building will alsohave between 9,000 sf and 10,000 sf of retail space, such as arestaurant and service-oriented retail. The second floor of the12-story building will be residential parking. Construction isscheduled to begin later this summer and is expected to be completeby the early part of 2009.

The 185,000-sf mixed-use building will have a 12,000-sf greenroof garden and dual flush toilets that are expected to reducewater consumption by more than 30%, Dwyer says. The developmentwill have a solar thermal collector array that is expected toproduce nearly half of the building's hot water. The developmentwill also have water source heat-pumps with water from a verticalgeothermal ground loop system, which is expected to provide 75% ofthe heating and cooling for the building.