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Exterior Walls Installed At Illinois Medical District’s New Gateway Apartments
Exterior walls have begun installation at The Gateway Apartments, an 11-story mixed-use building that recently topped out in the Illinois Medical District. Located at 2050 W Ogden Avenue, the project …
Extended Funding Approved For Cabrini-Green Redevelopment In Near North Side
Extended funding for the redevelopment of the remaining parcels of the former Cabrini-Green homes has been approved by the Community Development Commission in Near North Side. The first of the two sep …
Chicago Build Expo is back!

Chicago Build Expo is back!

26 Oct 2021 Ellie Green
Chicago Build Expo is set to return to McCormick Place next spring! The leading free-to-attend construction and design show for the Midwest will be back on March 31 & April 1 in 2022 and will be bigge …
Greystar Starts Construction on Chicago Tower
Greystar has broken ground on a 21-story development in Chicago’s Fulton Market area. The company is working with architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz to complete the community by March 2023. The develop …
320 S Canal Gleams As Tower’s Glass Installation Wraps Up

320 S Canal Gleams As Tower’s Glass Installation Wraps Up

20 Oct 2021 Jack Crawford, Chicago Yimby
With nearly all of its glazing installed, the 50-story skyscraper at 320 S Canal Street, aka BMO Tower, can now be seen in its final form along the Chicago skyline. Co-developed by Riverside Investmen …
Developer Reveals Updated First Phase Plans For One Central Project
Landmark Development has revealed further details for the first phase of its One Central mega-development, which will cap the rail tracks in the Near South Side. Although often considered the most amb …
Lawson House renovation scores $74M permit

Lawson House renovation scores $74M permit

15 Oct 2021 Jay Koziarz, Urbanize Chicago
As construction wraps up on downtown's massive One Chicago project, work is ready to begin across the street on an ambitious makeover of the former Lawson House YMCA. On Wednesday, Holsten Real Estate …
Metra Unveils Preliminary Plans For West Loop Station

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

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 …
Foundation Work In Full Swing For University Of Illinois Chicago’s Computer Design Research And Learning Center
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

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

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 …
Museum of Ice Cream headed to renovated retail space at Tribune Tower
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

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

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 …
Parks District Opens New Visitor Center At Big Marsh Park In South Deering
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

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. …
Caisson Permit Issued For 21-Story Tower At 166 N Aberdeen Street In Fulton Market
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

Obama Presidential Center Officially Breaks Ground

29 Sept 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 …
Landmarks Commission Approves National Historic Register Submission Of Ramova Theater In Bridgeport
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

Mixed-income apartments take shape on Near North Side

27 Sept 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

Transit-oriented Bronzeville Project Scores Foundation Permit

24 Sept 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

A Peak Inside 800 Fulton In West Loop By SOM

23 Sept 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

Mayor Lightfoot Releases 2022 Budget Proposal

22 Sept 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 …
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