Structural beams are approaching the final height for a new six-story residential building at 6 N Carpenter Street in West Loop. Real estate developer ZSD has planned for a total of 13 condominiums ra
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A full building permit has been issued for the construction of Madison + Carpenter. Located at 6 N. Carpenter St, the project sits on a corner parcel facing W Madison St and N Carpenter St. The develo
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Orland School District 135 is initiating a massive construction effort involving five significant projects across the district. These developments are designed to expand and enhance the current school
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A major donation has been made for a new wing of the Art Institute of Chicago at 111 S Michigan Avenue in The Loop. Located within Grant Park, the globally recognized museum is one nation’s largest an
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The Chicago Department of Transportation has announced the start of a $40-million rehabilitation project on the Cortland Street Bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River. Beginning Sept. 22 th
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The Chicago Department of Transportation has announced the start of a $40-million rehabilitation project on the Cortland Street Bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River. Beginning Sept. 22 th
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Organizers behind the West Lake Corridor commuter rail project have received word that the proposed project has been pushed into the engineering phase by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration.
On July 19, celebrated Argentine–American architect César Pelli passed away at age 92. Known for designing grand skyscrapers, the University of Illinois School of Architecture alumnus left his mark on
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Construction has started on the foundation for a skyscraper at 400 Lake Shore, with 470,000 gallons of concrete being poured into the old Spire hole last week with a 12-hour-long parade of trucks, 76-
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Mars Wrigley has unveiled plans for its $40 million global research and development hub in Chicago. Construction is set to begin this summer and is slated to be completed by 2023. “Mars has made Chica
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CloudHQ is building a $2.5 billion, 1.5 million sq. ft. data center campus – one of the largest such facilities in Illinois. As construction of the first building kicks off, over 1,000 construction jo
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Matteson is landing another large warehouse center, with a Texas-based company that builds more than 10 million square feet of industrial space across the country every year underway constructing a 76
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Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced a revised $1.25 billion plan on Thursday, aimed at bolstering affordable housing and economic development in Chicago. Notable for its departure from reliance on TIF di
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Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and City leaders announced the selection of four mixed-use INVEST South/West projects planned for areas in South Chicago, North Lawndale, Bronzeville, and New City and addition
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot took her affordable housing plan a step further in late June, requesting an additional $69 million in funds — this comes after a $1 billion investment in the program from
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Budget includes $1.9 billion in key investments and no new taxes—an investment-based recovery strategy with a foundation set on greater opportunities for rebuilding Chicago into a safer, stronger, and
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The Mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, has just announced her official support for Midwest’s leading and largest construction and design event, Chicago Build, taking place on September 19 & 20, 2019. A
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Chicago-based McHugh Construction has started vertical construction on a new five-story healthcare facility and medical office for Howard Brown Health, the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ healthcare organizat
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12 Jan 2022
Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
McHugh Construction says it has started vertical construction on Platform 4611, a nine-story mixed-use development at 4611 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Chicago issued a $43 million
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A decade ago, it was hard to see where an education in Arts would take you. But for BRS Sreenag, it’s written in blood, and the artform is in his DNA. The grandson of iconic cinematographer, the late
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"This is an up-and-coming neighborhood that's coming up fast," Sawsan Jawdat says as she shows a visitor around a house at 4607 S. Calumet Ave., one of four in a row she built on this block of Bronzev
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Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, is expanding its massive $1 billion data center under construction in DeKalb to nearly 2.4 million square feet, putting the college town west o
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Metra has unveiled preliminary plans for a new station and rail flyover for the growing West Loop area. The neighborhood has seen some of the fastest growth of any in Chicago with population numbers n
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