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  • Metra Unveils Preliminary Plans For West Loop Station

    14 Oct 2021 Ian Achong, Chicago Yimby
    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 ...
  • Affordable Apartments Pitched West of The 606

    13 Oct 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    In an attempt to combat gentrification and displacement near The 606, the city is supporting a dense, ground up 100 percent affordable housing project proposal: the three building development known as ...
  • Work is now underway for a new five-story educational building at 900 W Taylor Street, located near the southern edge of The University of Illinois Chicago‘s main campus. The new 135,000-square-foot f ...
  • West Loop Luxury Condos Near Skinner Park Welcome Residents

    11 Oct 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    The 7-story condo development known as 1400 Monroe is ready to welcome residents just over a year after breaking ground in summer 2020. The 38-unit project is currently 75 percent sold with the remain ...
  • Facade Wraps Up On Nevele22 Development In West Town

    08 Oct 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago Yimby
    Nearly all exterior paneling has been installed Nevele22, the seven-story mixed-use building located at 1122 W Chicago Avenue in West Town. A development by Lipe Property Company, the building’s 97,00 ...
  • Developers CIM Group and Golub&Company have revealed the first tenant for the recently renovated Tribune Tower: Chicago's own Museum of Ice Cream! The development consists of luxury condos with a reta ...
  • PLSN Condos Development Wraps Up In Pilsen

    06 Oct 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago Yimby
    Construction of PLSN Condos at 816-832 W Cullerton Street in Pilsen has fully completed. It's a four-building mixed-use development that has replaced a previously vacant parking lot.  The project prov ...
  • 22-story Apartment Tower Headed to Illinois Medical District

    05 Oct 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    Work is ready to get underway on a 22-story rental tower at the southeast corner of Damen Avenue and Congress Parkway in the Illinois Medical District (IMD), as the demand for new rentals in the area ...
  • The Chicago Parks District has opened a new visitor and nature center at Big Marsh Park in South Deering. Located at 11555 S Stony Island Avenue, the Ford Calumet Environmental Center is one of the la ...
  • First building at Lincoln Yards Lands Construction Financing

    01 Oct 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    An official groundbreaking at 1229 W. Concord Place is scheduled for October. This will be the first new building of the 55-acre Lincoln Yards megaproject along the north branch of the Chicago River. ...
  • MCZ Development has planned a new 21-story mixed-used building at 166 N Aberdeen Street (Fulton Market District) and a caisson permit has now been approved. The building will incorporate a combination ...
  • Obama Presidential Center Officially Breaks Ground

    29 Sep 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    After years of planning the Obama Presidential Center is officially under construction on Chicago's South Side. Former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama joined Chicago Mayor ...
  • The Chicago Landmarks Commission has approved the submission of the Ramova Theater located at 3518 S Halsted Street in Bridgeport to the National Historic Register. The theater was designed by Chicago ...
  • Mixed-income apartments take shape on Near North Side

    27 Sep 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    Evergreen Real Estate Group and Structured Development are making notable progress on a collection of three 4-story residential buildings along the 700 block of West Schiller Place on the city's Near ...
  • Transit-oriented Bronzeville Project Scores Foundation Permit

    24 Sep 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    The 106-foot-tall structure, designed by Chicago's Landon Bone Baker Architects, will feature ground-floor retail topped by 99 apartments (50 affordable, 49 market-rate). The transit-oriented developm ...
  • A Peak Inside 800 Fulton In West Loop By SOM

    23 Sep 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
    800 Fulton, a 19-story office and retail building recently completed construction in West Loop‘s Fulton Market District. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is the design firm behind 800 Fulton, whose de ...
  • Mayor Lightfoot Releases 2022 Budget Proposal

    22 Sep 2021 City of Chicago Government
    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 ...
  • Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has collaborated with University of Michigan Taubman College to create the SPLAM [SPatial LAMinated timber], a robotically-fabricated timber pavilion for the 2021 Chic ...
  • Lendlease Officially Breaks Ground On 41-Story Riverfront Tower

    20 Sep 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
    Foundation work for the new 41-story residential tower known as The Reed at Southbank has begun. Located at 234 W. Polk Street, The Reed is the second building of the 7-acre Southbank megadevelopment, ...
  • 300 N Michigan Tops Out At 47 Stories In The Loop

    17 Sep 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
    Last week, structural work reached the 510-foot-tall roof height of a new 47-story mixed-use skyscraper, located at 300 N Michigan Avenue in The Loop. The development is a joint-partnership between St ...
  • New Accessible Playground And Nature Walk For Uptown School

    16 Sep 2021 Joe Ward and Justin Laurence, Block Club Chicago
    Courtenay Elementary School will be upgraded and receive $2.1 million from the city to build an accessible playground and include a nature walk. The upgrade will include a playground for older and you ...
  • The 23-story and 36-story mixed-use development towers will provide 777 rental residential units and 314 hotel rooms. The towers designed by BKV Group are due to be added to Downtown Chicago in 2024 n ...
  • Chicago Issues $130M Building Permit 440-Unit Apartment Tower

    14 Sep 2021 Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
    Chicago has issued a $130 million building permit for a 440-unit condo/apartment tower at 234 W. Polk St. Lend Lease Construction is the general contractor for this project and the architect is Perkin ...
  • Work Is Nearing The Finish Line at Triangle Square

    13 Sep 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
    Situated along the North Branch Corridor in Bucktown, the first phase of construction of Triangle Square is nearing the finish line. The project is part of a three-building masterplan designed by Lama ...

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