A timeline and anchor tenant have been announced for the upcoming skyscraper at 725 West Randolph Street in Fulton Market. The upcoming skyscraper has seen a small height bump since we last covered its conversion from residential to an office proposal back in 2023. Since then, developer Related Midwest has been seeking tenants to kick off construction.
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The first new construction permit was issued on June 15 to replace a pair of industrial buildings on the 3000 block of North Western Avenue in Roscoe Village. Approval at 3045 North Western to build a four-story plus basement, three-unit residence came through for developer Marat Liavitskyi as 3045 Western LLC with a reported cost of $954,592. This is the first of two projects slated for the site.
Foundation work is underway for a residential building at 3600 North Southport Avenue in the Lake View neighborhood. As evidenced by the shallow digging on the site, there will be no basement for this new four-story project. Concrete is beginning to form the walls on the east and north edges of the lot, while forms are in place at the center of the site ahead of additional concrete pours.
Two permits were issued three weeks apart by the City of Chicago to raze a brick two-story single-family residence at 2229 West Armitage Avenue in Bucktown and replace it with two new dwelling units. The demolition permit was more recent, issued on June 2 after a 69-day wait with a reported cost of $20,000. Builder Luxury is named as the demo contractor. Real estate sites show the home, built in 1889 or 1890, was purchased by an LLC in April for $652,500.
Now that caissons have been drilled and filled, the foundation phase of construction is underway for the first Halsted Pointe residential tower at 931 North Halsted Street on Goose Island. A team of excavators are active on the site, and their progress shows straight, precise edges, some with steel sheets driven into the ground. As they dig, haulers are utilizing a new ramp built into the south end of the site accessed from Halsted Street adjacent to North Branch Street.
