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  • Now standing its final height of 850 feet, the 60-story Salesforce Tower in River North has now removed its tower crane. Well on track to reach completion by next year, this glassy skyscraper at 333 W ...
  • Sub Bids Requested by Ballard Marine Construction

    13 May 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    Ballard Marine Construction is soliciting subcontractor bids and materials quotes from subcontractors and suppliers, including minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBT-owned, disability-owned, ...
  • Updated details have been revealed for the North Union megadevelopment in the Near North Side. The 8.1-acre site is bound by the CTA Brown Line tracks to the west, W Hill Street to the north, N Wells ...
  • Mars Unveils Plans for Research Hub in Chicago

    09 May 2022 Rachel Gignac, CSP Daily News
    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 ...
  • A gambling complex in Chicago’s River West is now officially Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick for the city’s long-awaited casino license — an endeavor that could boost Chicago’s finances, factor into the c ...
  • New Tree Equity Initiative “Our Roots Chicago” Announced

    03 May 2022 Bee Ricketts, Chicago Yimby
    This past week on Arbor Day Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot unveiled the City of Chicago’s newest tree initiative. According to the press release the city will plant 75,000 trees over the next five years. The ...
  • Meta Expanding Massive $1 Billion DeKalb Data Center

    29 Apr 2022 Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune
    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 ...
  • The Reed Surpasses Halfway Mark In South Loop

    26 Apr 2022 Jack Crawford, Chicago Yimby
    Construction has now passed the halfway mark for a 41-story residential building known as The Reed, located at 234 W Polk Street in South Loop. Developed by Lendlease, the building is the second of fo ...
  • Groundbreakings Announced For Two Fulton Market Projects

    21 Apr 2022 Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby
    Potential groundbreaking have been announced for two Fulton Market projects after securing the land sale and anchor tenants this week. The two projects in question are the life sciences building at 40 ...
  • MGA to Build 16-story Life Sciences Building in Fulton Market

    19 Apr 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    Chicago-based Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. (MGA) says it has acquired an approximately 1.5-acre parcel of land at 400 N. Elizabeth St. in the Fulton Market neighborhood, where it will begin constru ...
  • Initial details have been revealed to the Committee on Design for a residential development at 301 S Green Street in the West Loop. Located on the south east corner W Jackson Boulevard, the new high r ...
  • Newcastle Presents Updated Design for 210 N. Morgan

    12 Apr 2022 Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago
    Developer Newcastle Limited recently presented an updated design for 210 N. Morgan. Located midblock between W. Lake St and W. Fulton Market, the site is currently occupied by a single-story masonry b ...
  • Structured Development has received its last remaining foundation permit for its Shops at Big Deahl masterplan. Under the address 1475 N Kingsbury Street, the greenlit 27-story tower will serve as the ...
  • Ryan Companies Expands Chicago Presence with New West Loop Office

    08 Apr 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    Commercial real estate services provider Ryan Companies US, Inc. says has opened a new downtown office at 224 North Desplaines in the West Loop. The 6,500-sq. ft. space accommodates approximately 35 f ...
  • West Loop Experiencing Apartment Construction Boom

    05 Apr 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    An apartment construction boom is underway in Chicago’s West Loop.  At present, 9,065 new apartments are planned for the district, more than all other downtown neighbourhoods combined, appraisal and c ...
  • Update: City Narrows Down Casino Bids To Final Three

    23 Mar 2022 Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby
    Updated renderings and details have been released for two of the five casino bids hoping to win as the city progresses to select a winner later this year. As plans continue to be flushed out leading u ...
  • Updates On City Casino Bids As Selection Looms

    23 Feb 2022 Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby
    As the city progresses towards selecting a winner of the highly-scrutinized casino deal, more renderings and information have been revealed on the complexities of utilizing some of the city’s existing ...
  • Structural work has now passed the ninth floor for the 41-story residential tower known as The Reed, located directly north of River City Apartments in South Loop. Under the address 234 W Polk Street, ...
  • Tan brickwork can now be seen along the exterior walls of a new two-story amenity clubhouse at 2937 S Martin Luther King Drive, part of Bronzeville‘s Prairie Shores apartment complex. The co-developer ...
  • Bulley & Andrews Working on $43 million Lincoln Park Apartment Building Renovation

    12 Jan 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    Chicago has issued a $43 million building permit to renovate an apartment building at 2300 N. Lincoln Park W.   The permit says the work is for “renovation of floors 2 – 17 (2nd to 16th stories per CZ ...
  • McHugh Starts Vertical Construction on $43 million Uptown Mixed-use Development

    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 ...
  • Former Futures Trading Floor to Become a Substation

    06 Jan 2022 David Roeder, Chicago Sun Times
    The sale of a onetime epicenter of the Chicago Board of Trade to ComEd underscores how times have changed in technology and investing. In a property deal that marks a literal power transfer, an old hu ...
  • ComEd has announced plans to redevelop the existing trading building at 333 S LaSalle Street in The Loop. Located on the corner with W Van Buren Street, the low-rise building is adjacent to the Board ...
  • RIU Hotels to Begin Construction of New Hotel in 28-story Streeterville Tower

    04 Jan 2022 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    RIU Hotels & Resorts says it “has snapped up a well-located plot in the heart of the Windy City” with a view to creating a four-star property with a sky bar on the 26th floor. The land at 150 East Ont ...

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