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Parking garage with space for 220 vehicles. The current opaque façade will be replaced with metal screening. A swimming pool also is on the 6th floor.

W. Washington Street

Garage exit

Dog walk area

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The tallest building in the South Bend area is getting a $40 million makeover. This is what’s in store for the 25-story building once called Chase Tower but now known as Liberty Tower.

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Aloft Hotel, with 183 rooms and space for meetings and receptions, is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2017.

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A mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments — up to 96 in all. Construction to be finished after the hotel opens.

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Patios, a barbecue area and a dog walk on the roof of the parking garage, which is wider than the upper floors.

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Garage entrance

Apartment entrance

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Hotel entrance will face Main Street, and the lobby will have a bar and restaurant with some sidewalk seating. The apartment entrance will face Washington Street.

On the

outsideAll 1,900 windows are

being changed out with darker, high-efficiency

replacements.

WindowsAll non-window surfaces will be covered with an exterior insulation and finishing

system — 3-inch-thick panels of foam insulation with aluminum coating.

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Sources: The Tower at Washington Square LLC, Thinkstock

Sources: The Tower at Washington Square LLC, Thinkstock

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Floors

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Restaurant & bar

Lobby

Ballroom

Elevators Lobby