Construction has moved on from site prep to caisson work, as the residential building at 566 West Van Buren kicks into high gear. Gone is the surface parking lot that once held court here, replaced by Thatcher Foundations equipment drilling shafts into the West Loop soil.
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The full construction permit has come through for the planned condominium development at 6150 North Sheridan Road in Edgewater. Addressed as 6152 North Sheridan, the permit was issued on May 4 with a reported cost of $5 million. It had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since its February 11 application state date, a duration of 82 days.
As the driving of piles at The 78 continues for the new Chicago Fire soccer stadium, the next permit is now in place. Permission for shallow foundations, which had been pending since February 20, was issued on April 24, and it includes a reported cost of $15.4 million. This follows the stadium’s first permit, for driving said piles, which came through on March 20.
A single-family residence on West Lyndale Street in Palmer Square that was permitted for demolition in April will be replaced by a three-story with basement, two-unit building thanks to a fresh May permit. A developer named as 3122 Lyndale LLC received permission to erect the two-flat on May 1 at 3122 West Lyndale. The permit has an application start date of February 16, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1.1 million.
An opening has been held for the new community hub Sankofa Village Wellness Center at 4301 West Madison Street in West Garfield Park. Sitting on the corner with South Kildare Avenue, the brand-new building replaces a long-term vacant lot just blocks from the area’s namesake park. The ribbon cutting marks an end to the years-long development of the project which broke ground in 2024.
