The City of Chicago, along with the Department of Housing, has announced a major investment in the preservation and construction of affordable housing across the city. Revealed earlier this week, the funding will go to 15 different projects, which also include market-rate housing. This comes as the mayor has ousted the head of the CHA board due to a dispute over its CEO.
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In mid-February when we last checked up on the hotel tower for Bally’s Casino in River West, the second tower crane jump had just been completed. At the time, I surmised that the second tie-in was at the 16th or 17th floor. I may have been off by one floor; it looks now like perhaps the crane is anchored into the 18th floor.
Zoning has been approved for the upcoming community hub at 2653 South Kildare Avenue in Little Village. Sitting on the corner with West 27th Avenue, we most recently covered the project last summer when it was first announced as a replacement for a large vacant lot on the neighborhood’s west end. Once completed, it will be called the Erie House La Villita Floreciendo Center.
A Chicago developer that received permits to build four two-flat buildings on the first block of West 44th Street in Bronzeville in February 2025 got permits to erect three more this week. Greenline Homes is the recipient of the permits, which all show application dates of March 18. They came through just 13 days later on the 31st, with each permit showing a reported cost of $440,144.
Additional funding has been secured for the upcoming mixed-use development at 310 West Huron Street in River North. With work already underway on the nearly block-long structure at the corner of North Franklin Street, developers ZSD and Third Coast Real Estate have secured a $44 million loan to fund the remainder of construction.
