Chicago Construction News staff writer The Chicago Tribune has agreed to vacate the Freedom Center by July 2024, opening the door for the Bally’s Chicago casino. The building will be demolished and co
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Three new libraries are coming to Humboldt Park, Back of the Yards and Woodlawn. The libraries in Back of the Yards and Humboldt Park will include residential and commercial spaces as a part of the ci
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Skender and its joint venture partner, Blackwood Group, have started the extensive renovation of two west-side senior living apartment buildings for the Chicago Housing Authority and Michaels Developm
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Chicago Construction News staff writer The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has launched $10 million in funding for the climate works pre-apprenticeship program and $6 m
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The Chicago industrial developer set to buy Baxter International's longtime Deerfield corporate campus wants to redraw the property with nearly 1.3 million square feet of warehouses, and it could take
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Officials held a joint ribbon-cutting and groundbreaking ceremony last week for 43 Green, an $81.8 million INVEST South/West two-building project that will bring equitable transit-oriented development
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A critical hub for more than 500,000 mostly lower-income travelers and Chicago’s reputation as the Midwest’s most important travel crossroads are at risk, according to a new study highlighting the lik
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As the federal government moves ahead with a plan to demolish two historic buildings in the Loop, a city landmarks panel is poised again to take a key step that would save the towers. The Commission o
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Chicago Construction News staff writer More than $105 million was announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker last week, for construction of a health sciences building and renovations to existing buildings at the
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As the Chicago suburbs face record-high office vacancies, the future of suburban office is likely to hinge on the conversion of outdated buildings into modernized mixed-use spaces, CRE experts said du
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Chicago Construction News staff writer The University of Chicago Medicine has updated its original proposal to build the city’s first freestanding cancer hospital with an enhanced design incorporating
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CHICAGO, Ill. – November 17, 2022 – Skender has started construction on a 37,000-square-foot expansion of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, a food bank on Chicago’s Southwest side that provides foo
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Mayor Lightfoot, city officials, and GRIT broke ground on Bronzeville Lakefront yesterday. Made up of Farpoint Development, Loop Capital, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, McLaurin Development, and Br
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Mayor Lightfoot recently announced Hub32 as the winner of the East Garfield Park RFQ process. As the latest part of the mayor’s Invest South/West initiative, the RFQ process selected three finalist te
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A major 12-story residential development is approaching its full height at 4600 N Marine Drive in Uptown. Developed by Lincoln Property Company and designed by Valerio Dewalt Train, the project replac
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Construction is underway on a Chicago-area industrial facility that could be used as a distribution center or a manufacturing hub. Bratt Capital Partners LLC is developing the 98,000-square-foot build
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Updated plans have been revealed for the community facility at 5112 W Harrison Street in Austin. Occupying a whole city block bound by S Leamington Avenue to the east and S Laramie Avenue to the west,
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Jamie Rhea, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Aviation, which owns and operates the airport, said: “Today’s news from the FAA gives us a clear path forward to start construction on the Termina
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Renovation permits have been issued for the new home of the National Public Housing Museum and associated apartments at 925 S. Ada. As part of Roosevelt Square Phase 3B, the development will be conver
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The City Council has approved a redevelopment agreement for Thrive Englewood, a mixed-use affordable development at 914 W. 63rd. Currently vacant, the irregularly shaped site is located at the corner
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The Chicago City Council has approved NOMA, a multi-phased development planned for a collection of sites all generally bound by N. Desplaines St, W. Hubbard St., N. Halsted St, and W. Ohio St. Origina
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Construction has topped out for HUGO, a two-building mixed-use project by LG Development in River North. Located at 751 N Hudson Avenue and 411 W Chicago Avenue, the pair of nine-story structures will
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The Chicago Plan Commission has approved a mixed-use development at 1047 N Rush Street in the Near North Side. Located just south of the intersection with E Cedar Street, the new project will add some
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The Community Development Commission has approved $7.25 million in TIF funding for the proposed Aspire Center. Located at 5500 W. Madison, the project looks to reuse the former Robert Emmet Public Sch
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