HVAC Service in South Loop, Chicago

The South Loop grew from rail yards and warehouses into one of downtown’s largest residential areas. Dearborn Park, built in the late 1970s and 1980s, was among the first new neighborhoods here, followed by towers, loft conversions and townhome developments near the Museum Campus.

That history gives the South Loop three kinds of housing, each with its own systems: townhomes with gas furnaces and central air, lofts with heat pumps or air handlers, and towers with fan coils or water-source heat pumps.

The oldest townhomes from the first wave of development are now on their second or third furnace, and many still have original ductwork.

Towers along the lakefront and the river see strong sun and wind, which shapes how hard in-unit equipment works.

Construction has been almost constant in the South Loop for two decades, and new towers keep rising near the river and the lake. Construction dust finds its way into nearby units, so filters and coils in older buildings next to a new site need more attention.