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Two Eight-Unit Buildings Permitted On Vacant Madison Street Lot In East Garfield Park
08 Apr 2026
Daniel Schell
A pair of permits issued by the City of Chicago on April 3 allow for the construction of eight-unit residential buildings at 2652 and 2656 West Madison Street in East Garfield Park. The permit applica …
The Rise of Sustainable Real Estate Development in Chicago
21 Oct 2025
City of Chicago Writer
Chicago has seen a surge in the number of sustainable real estate developments. It’s a growing trend that can help save the environment and money in the long run. The city encourages developers to bui …
Twenty Units Approved For 2245 West Monroe Street On The Near West Side
03 Oct 2025
Daniel Schell
A 20-unit residential building has been permitted for construction at 2245 West Monroe Street on the city’s Near West Side. YIMBY first learned about the proposal back in May, and on September 25, the …
The 78
02 Oct 2025
The 78 is a $7 billion mixed-use project planned by developer Related Midwest for 62 acres of former railroad property along the South Branch of the Chicago River in the Near South Side community area …
Three Demolition Permits Will Clear North Center Site For SFR Permitted In August
29 Sept 2025
Daniel Schell
Four demolition permits issued by the City of Chicago on September 22 will clear space for a single-family home permitted back in August. A duplex multi-unit residence spanning 2145 to 2149 West Bradl …
Top construction-related podcasts
11 Sept 2025
Matthew Thibault
The AEC industry boasts a vast offering of informative, on-demand programs. Here are some to add to your playlist. While it’s important for construction pros to stay up to date on the latest trends an …
The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism
15 Aug 2025
Ruthy Gourevitch and Batul Hassan
From battling extreme heat on the job to flooding at home, the working class is on the frontlines of extreme weather this summer, fueled by an escalating climate crisis. This crisis is also making lif …
The balancing act: Technology company workplaces evolve to balance innovation with optimization during transformation to AI
07 Aug 2025
JLL Writer
Technology companies are strategically optimizing their real estate portfolios to free up capital for artificial intelligence investments while simultaneously enhancing workplace effectiveness, accord …
Third Out Recorded For Trio Of Demolitions Next To Wrigley Field
04 Aug 2025
Daniel Schell
A demolition permit was issued on Friday, August 1 for a vintage greystone building at 3627 North Sheffield Avenue in Wrigleyville. That marks the third and final teardown to make room for a new resid …
Trump executive order pushes for quicker data center construction
01 Aug 2025
Sebastian Obando
A new White House directive aims to accelerate federal permitting and unlock financial incentives for large-scale data center builds, along with related energy and manufacturing projects, according to …
The Prime Group and CRG acquire the Jewelers Building
22 Jun 2024
Lukas Kugler
The Prime Group and CRG have entered into a joint venture to acquire the 40-story landmark Jewelers Building located at 35 E. Wacker Drive in Chicago. Clayco, headquartered in Chicago, will expand its …
Timeline And Renderings Revealed For Halsted Landing In River West
14 May 2024
Ian Achong
Further details and a timeline have been revealed for ‘Halsted Landing’ at 700 W Chicago Avenue in River West. Located along the river just north of the upcoming casino site, the three-phase developme …
Trammell Crow assembles multi-phase mixed-use development
02 May 2024
Lukas Kugler
Trammell Crow Company has unveiled their multi-phase, mixed-use assemblage dubbed Fulton Park Campus. Located in Fulton Market, the assemblage of properties and developments will deliver a combination …
Tribune Tower Voted Chicago’s Best Building 2024
08 Apr 2024
Lukas Kugler
After thousands of votes across the tournament, the Tribune Tower has been named Urbanize Chicago’s People’s Choice Best Building 2024! Beating out the Wrigley Building by a healthy margin, the office …
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approves UChicago Cancer Center
11 Jul 2023
Lukas Kugler
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has granted a final approval of UChicago Medicine’s plans for Chicago’s first free standing cancer center. Planned for a site along W. 57th St …
Turner Announces Strategy to Promote Long-term Sustainability of the Company
07 Jul 2023
Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is pleased to announce that it is connecting a range of existing programs together with new commitments into an overall strategy to meet the evolving needs of our people, c …
Three new libraries headed to the South and West sides
02 May 2023
Kaitlin Washburn
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 …
Two-Building ‘HUGO’ Development Reaches Full Height in River North
22 Oct 2022
Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
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 …
Transit TIF Approved for Red Line Extension
18 Oct 2022
Lukas Kugler, URBANIZE Chicago
The Community Development Commission has approved plans for a Transit TIF to support the funding of the Red Line Extension. Originally promised by then Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1969, the Red Line Ext …
Tower Crane Comes Down for 808 N Cleveland Avenue in Near North Side
17 Oct 2022
Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
DAC Developments is now disassembling the tower crane at 808 N Cleveland Avenue, a 23-story mixed-use tower in Near North Side. The topped-out high rise is taking the place of an overgrown trapezoidal …
Topped-Out 1044 W Van Buren Street Makes Headway in West Loop
10 Oct 2022
Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
With cladding not far behind, structural work has now topped out for 1044 W Van Buren Street, an 18-story mixed-use high rise along the southern edge of West Loop. Previously a two-story masonry build …
Thrive Exchange Presented to Committee on Design
20 Aug 2022
Lukas Kugler, URBANIZE Chicago
The Committee on Design has reviewed Thrive Exchange, a mixed-use development planned for 7901 S. Exchange. As the winner of a recent Invest South/West RFP, the project will reactivate the intersectio …
Trammell Crow Buys Land for 1112 W. Carroll and 315 N. May
19 Aug 2022
Lukas Kugler, URBANIZE Chicago
Texas-based developer Trammell Crow has purchased the land for their approved project at 1112 W. Carroll and 315 N. May. Recently announced by The Real Deal, public records show the developer paid $77 …
Two Historical Buildings Sold in River North
17 Aug 2022
Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY
New information has been revealed on the sale of two historical structures at 29 E Ohio Street and 619 N Wabash Avenue in River North. Located on opposite corners of each other and across the street f …
Twin-building Development “HUGE” Passes Third Floor in River North
14 Aug 2022
Jack Crawford, Chicago YIMBY
Structural work on HUGO, LG Development‘s two-building project in River North, has now surpassed the third-floor mark. The development, comprising of two separate buildings at 751 N Hudson Avenue and …
The New Silver Ramp and the Minneapolis-st. Paul International Airport Opens a 21st Century Gateway for Transit Connection
19 Jul 2022
Frank Edgerton Martin, Bruce N. Wright, The Architect's Newspaper
In Midwestern cities, airports are car intensive. They are increasingly ringed by parking structures—and not attractive ones. Thankfully, this can change. The new Silver Ramp at the Minneapolis-St. Pa …
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 …
The Reed Surpasses Ninth Floor At 234 W Polk Street In South Loop
22 Feb 2022
Jack Crawford, Chicago Yimby
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, …
Townhomes try a new tack to attain affordability
01 Dec 2021
David Roeder, Chicago Sun Times
The project uses modular construction, previously applied here in single-family homes, to cut costs and bring home ownership within reach for working couples and families. Advocates for affordable hou …
Tucker Development, AECOM-Canyon Building $155 million Lincolnwood project
24 Nov 2021
Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
Developers have secured construction financing to build a $155 million mixed-use project on the site of the former Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood. Tucker Development, with equity partner AECOM-Canyon Par …
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 …
The Chicago Plan Commission Approves Four High-Rise Towers In Downtown
08 Sept 2021
Mark Buckshon, Chicago Construction News
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved four high-rise towers situated in Downtown. A total of $700 million will be invested into the projects. The developments approved will be a two-tower proposal …
The Illinois Housing Development Authority to Create or Restore 172 Units of Permanent Supportive Housing in Nine Communities Across Illinois.
16 Mar 2020
LaToya Wright, Chicago Defender
172 units of permanent supportive housing communities in nine locations across Illinois will receive funding to create or restore units from The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA).
The Habitat Company Announces Construction Start of $200 Million Mixed-Use Project in Chicago’s North Lawndale Neighborhood
09 Mar 2020
MultifamilyBiz
CHICAGO, IL - Chicago-based The Habitat Company has announced construction is underway for phase one at Ogden Commons, the $200 million mixed-use project in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood being …
The West Loop Prepares to Welcome Another 200 Rental Units Along Van Buren Street
03 Mar 2020
Jay Koziarz, Chicago Curbed
There’s so much development taking place in Chicago’s West Loop that it is sometimes hard to keep track of what’s going on. And with the lion’s share of construction happening around the northern port …
Tallest Timber Tower in the World to Break Ground in Milwaukee this Spring
18 Feb 2020
Cearron Bagenda, cbs58
In less than three months groundbreaking for the tallest mass timber building in the entire world will happen in Milwaukee. The ‘Ascent’ building will house 260 apartments and beat the current tallest …
The 78 Megaproject gets Backing from the University of Illinois
12 Feb 2020
David Reoder, Chicago Suntimes
The University of Illinois and the developer of the 62-acre site south of downtown known as The 78 have reached a deal for a technology center serving as an anchor for what’s envisioned as a new Chica …
The Lost Buildings of Chicago
11 Feb 2020
Jay Koziarz, Chicago Curbed
Chicago Stock Exchange Building The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building is one of the city’s best-known cases when it comes to regrettable demolitions. Completed by legendary Chicago architects Dankma …
The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side
05 Feb 2020
Aaron M. Renn, aaronenn.com
Chicago is known as one of America’s great cities for architecture. But other than the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, designed by Mies van der Rohe, very little of the architecture of the So …
Timeline Theatre selects architect to design its new Uptown home
28 Jun 2019
Curbed Chicago - Jay Koziarz
Chicago’s TimeLine Theatre Company has selected architecture firm HGA to design its new home in an old Uptown building, the nonprofit organization revealed on Wednesday. The news comes six months afte …
The illuminating projects of the 2019 Lumen Award winners
21 Jun 2019
Archinet
Architectural lighting designers take the spotlight in the Illuminating Engineering Society NYC's yearly Lumen Awards, which were established in 1968 and have grown into a prestigious international ev …
Three new leaders elected at AIA Conference on Architecture 2019
13 Jun 2019
Web Wire
Three new leaders were elected to The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Board of Directors at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2019 (A’19). At the meeting, AIA delegates elected: Peter Exley, …
These 15 urban design projects are reinventing cities for a zero-carbon future
29 May 2019
Fast Company
As the world moves to a zero-carbon future, cities will be key places to transform–particularly buildings, which account for more than half of emissions in most cities. Reinventing Cities, a competiti …
The Business Enterprise Programme – Assisting businesses owned by minorities in Illinois
17 May 2019
Diversity Compliance
Did you know…the State of Illinois purchased billions worth of products and services during fiscal year 2017 to run social service facilities, office buildings, garages, state parks and more. Products …
Then & Now: Powerhouse – Lockport
07 May 2019
The Herald News
A major engineering achievement of the late 19th century was the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. This canal was dug from Chicago to Lockport from 1890 to 1900 and extended to Joli …
Transit-Oriented MF Project in Glendale Heights/Lombard Gets $14M Construction Loan
30 Apr 2019
GlobeSt.com
CHICAGO, IL—Greenwich, CT-based Knighthead Funding has provided Noah Properties Chicago with a $14.36 million construction loan for the Roselle Apartments, a transit-oriented multifamily community bei …
Two Lakeshore East residential towers target summer construction start
17 Apr 2019
Curbed Chicago
The first of three new high-rises planned for the vacant northeast corner of Chicago’s Lakeshore East community will break ground this summer, project co-developers LendLease and Magellan announced th …
The 78 and Lincoln Yards will move the needle on minority hiring
17 Apr 2019
Crain's Chicago Business
We can’t let a festering anti-developer atmosphere hold back Chicago’s minority- and women-owned businesses—and thus hold back the very neighborhoods that protesters want to protect.
Two State Street apartment projects presented at lively Gold Coast meeting
12 Apr 2019
Curbed Chicago
On Wednesday, Chicago-based developer Newcastle Limited presented its plans for a pair of mixed-use Gold Cost developments to unruly standing-room-only crowd at meeting hosted by 2nd Ward Alderman Bri …
Touring The Architectural Giants Of Downtown Chicago
01 Apr 2019
Wbur
If you visit Chicago, you're likely to end up at "The Bean." That's what most people call "Cloud Gate," a sculpture by Anish Kapoor that has become a favorite spot for tourists taking selfies. That’s …
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