Chicago’s City Hall rooftop garden is arguably one of the more recognized green roof applications on the continent. It helped shepherd in a new era of urban greening and resiliency efforts in Chicago
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Chicago has allocated $151 million to repurpose four aging office buildings into residential spaces in the city’s LaSalle Street financial corridor located in the Loop. The four projects, totaling $52
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Chicago, the nation’s third-biggest metro area, also ranks third when it comes what developers pay to put up office, apartment and other buildings. Only New York and San Francisco have higher construc
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WESTFIELD, Ind. (WISH) — Chicago-headquartered construction firm Skender on Tuesday announced it’s expanded into central Indiana, joining the development team for a $105 million mixed-use project in d
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Fast-growing developer CA Ventures is nearly doubling the size of its downtown Chicago headquarters and joining WeWork at a boutique building under construction in River North. CA Ventures confirmed i
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The plans include a building with 36 apartments that will be rented out dorm-style—by the bed, not the unit—following a growing trend in Chicago and other big cities.
Energy storage firm Sonnen has partnered with Evolutionary Home Builders and Brandon Weiss to unveil the sonnenCommunity initiative. The initiative will result in the development of first-of-its-kind
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CHICAGO — Cabrini-Green, the Robert Taylor Homes: demolished years ago, Chicago’s most notorious projects continue to haunt the city, conjuring up the troubled legacy of postwar public housing in Amer
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A heated political battle is simmering behind-the-scenes over a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City Council floor leader to require smoke detectors installed in Chicago’s oldest homes and resident
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Chicago Fire FC officially broke ground today on its new $750 million privately funded soccer stadium in the South Loop, marking a major milestone for the Club and a transformative investment in the c
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Chicago Fire FC has released renderings for a new $650 million, privately financed stadium set to rise along the South Branch of the Chicago River as part of the city’s ambitious new neighbourhood dev
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Clune Construction’s procurement manager talks strategy and turning material purchasing into an advantage while navigating tariffs. Andrew Hime wants to bring predictability back to material sourcing.
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31 Aug 2021
Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
The fund issued by Chicago allows the construction of a 300-unit apartment building with ground floor retail and a parking podium at 164 N. Peoria Street. The structure is due to be the tallest buildi
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14 Sept 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
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The Chicago Department of Planning & Development has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to develop city-owned land next to the Kedzie Green Line station. “The RFQ represents a unique opportunit
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19 May 2024
Chicago Construction News staff writer
The City of Chicago has started the 2023 road construction season, highlighting one of several projects – resurfacing of 3.75 miles of 63rd Street between Harlem Avenue and Calumet Avenue. Work includ
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Chicago is experiencing the steepest decline in new apartment construction of any major U.S. metro this year, with openings set to fall 60.4% to 3,756 units compared with 2024, according to industry d
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26 Jul 2022
Matt Hickman, The Architect's Newspaper
This week Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced three major overhaul ideas for the city’s historic Solider Field, including two proposals that fully rebuild the NFL venue’s endzones to support a dome
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Chicago Metra has awarded a $33.4 million contract to rehabilitate and expand the 95th St./Chicago State University Station on the Metra Electric Line. Awarded to John Burns Construction of Westmont,
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04 Jun 2024
Chicago Construction News staff writer
Chicago Metra has announced plans for several major construction projects this year, including the replacement of ageing bridges on the UP North Line, track, electrical and signal upgrades on the Metr
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28 Jun 2019
The Architect's Newspaper - Jamie Evelyn Goldsborough
On April 10, under former Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago City Council approved an overhaul to the Chicago Building Code, the first update since 1949. This announcement has invigorated the local desig
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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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Perkins + Will is an eighty-year-old architecture firm with noteworthy designs across the world, including the 850-foot Chase Tower in Chicago, where the firm is based. Its architects have designed un
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The Trump administration paused $2.1 billion in federal funding for Chicago transit infrastructure that had already been signed off on during the Biden administration. White House budget director Russ
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