Site prep and early foundation work have commenced for an upcoming senior community center at roughly 4711 South Calumet Avenue in Bronzeville. Sitting just south of the intersection with East 47th Street, the upcoming development will replace half of a large vacant lot just steps from the CTA Green Line’s 47th station.
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General Contractor Power Construction is progressing from south to north on the third level of Loyola University’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building. When we last visited the Rogers Park campus about six weeks ago, concrete columns and cores had begun extending out of the foundation to form the first floor. Now progress is up to the underside of the fourth floor at the Loyola Avenue (south) end of the site as Power works their way north on that third level.
New details have been revealed for the potential new mixed-use development at 357 North Green Street in the West Loop. Led by Canada-based developer Onni Group, the project was originally pitched as an office tower over three years ago before pivoting to residential in 2024. Now, the team appears to have returned to an office-based proposal.
Last week’s updates from Halsted Pointe and the Chicago Avenue Bridge left many of us clamoring for drone views from high above River West. Our attempts at setting the delay timer for three seconds, throwing the camera in the air, and seeing what shots it captured before landing didn’t produce any shareable results. Thankfully, Friend-Of-YIMBY Patrick Williams heard our cries and stepped up again — way up — with a flyover of Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street as the sun was setting Sunday evening.
Initial details have been revealed for the upcoming expansion to the popular Salt Shed music complex at 1459 North Magnolia Avenue in West Town. Having opened the Salt Shed back in 2023 to great success, owners R2 Companies and Blue Star Properties have been looking to expand into the large vacant lot across the street from the existing venues.
