A new pitch to draw the Chicago Bears to stay in the city has been presented to the public by the team behind the previously announced Bronzeville Lakefront megadevelopment. This is not the first attempt to lure the Bears to this site, with the same developers having put forward a much smaller plan in 2025 that was ultimately scrapped due to various issues.
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While we were all watching for a New Construction Permit for 3233 North Sheffield in Lake View, the city pulled a fast one on us and issued a foundation permit for 3243 North Sheffield, but not as “New Construction.” Instead, a Renovation/Alteration permit came through the portal back on Tuesday, October 13, allowing general contractor D.O.M. Properties Investment Inc to get started on a 99-unit residential building on the former site of Torstenson Glass.
New renderings, along with an opening date, have been revealed for the upcoming Davis School at 355 East Wacker Drive in Lakeshore East. Sitting between the Coast apartments and the St. Regis, the school is set to finally complete and operate the long-stalled former GEMS Academy high school building along the Chicago River.
The City of Chicago has granted permission for a four-story, eight-unit apartment building at 4317 North Kedvale Avenue in Irving Park. The permit came through on November 9, 45 days after its application start date of September 25. It includes a reported cost of $1.1 million. The subject parcel sits close to the boundary of the Irving Park and Albany Park Community Areas.
The Evanston City Council has approved plans for the upcoming mixed-use development at 900 Clark Street in downtown Evanston. Located on the corner with Maple Avenue and bound by the CTA Purple Line to the east, the project has been in the works for over a year now and was most recently approved by the Land Use Commission back in September.
