Indianapolis project sports combination window systems
QUEENS, NY — Crystal Window & Door Systems supplied the new 13-story luxury Industry Indianapolis mixed-use building with a variety of its leading energy efficient window and door products. Six different Crystal window and door products totaling 1,346 units were specified and installed at the new construction project located at 421 North Pennsylvania St. in downtown Indianapolis. Rising from a 4-story podium with retail, office, and parking, a 9-story tower of residential apartments offers glorious views from the floor-to-ceiling Crystal windows.
The majority of the building’s window openings spanned floor-to-ceiling and used combinations of windows mulled together or in master frames fitted with impost components. To facilitate installation, all the windows and doors installed in building openings were specified with optional face flange frames. Openings as wide as 108” and as tall as 138” were fitted with Crystal window combinations. To meet delivery schedules, Crystal fabricated products at both its New York and Chicago production facilities.
The Indianapolis project called for 453 combination arrangements of aluminum Crystal Series 8510 fixed and Series 8500 out-swing casement windows, all with the 3-¼” frame depth option and 1” glazing pocket. These heavy-duty windows boast narrow sightlines and outstanding structural ratings of AW-PG85 (Series 8510) and AW-PG70 (Series 8500). The out-swing casement uses a crank operator for opening and closing.
Crystal fabricated 320 aluminum heavy-commercial Series 5600 sliding windows in both 2-lite and 3-lite versions for the new building. Part of Crystal’s heavy-commercial portfolio, this 3-¼” frame depth model delivers an AW-40 structural rating. Besides a 1” glazing pocket and heavy-duty extrusion, this sliding window offers continuous full-height sash clip lock pull rails and dual stainless-steel rollers and tracks for effortless operation.
The final window model specified, for 438 units, was the aluminum Crystal Series 2100 fixed picture window. The narrow sightline mainstay of the Crystal product lineup has a 3-¼” frame, ⅞” glazing pocket, and a CW-PG65/CW-PG90 AAMA rating.
To provide access to apartment balconies, Crystal also supplied 135 aluminum Series 1450D out-swing terrace doors with ADA compliant low sills. With a strong 3-¼” frame, AW-PG75 rating, multi-point lock system, and a 90° opening door stop device, the product is very suitable for high-rise applications. To these advantages, the door’s standard 1” insulated glass unit and advanced polyamide insulating strut design deliver enhanced thermal efficiencies.
The new apartment building is located in the heart of Indianapolis’ historic Mass Ave. Cultural Arts and Commercial District.
Revitalization of this neighborhood has been underway for several years and continues strongly. With art galleries, music venues, theaters, shops, and restaurants, as well as commercial businesses, Mass Avenue is one of the city’s most popular places in which to live and work.