Initial funding has been secured for an upcoming mixed-use development at 400 North Elizabeth Street in Fulton Market. In the works for a few years, the two-tower project will fill a wedge-shaped lot bounded by West Kinzie Street and North Ogden Avenue. Efforts for the development have been led by Mark Goodman & Associates and Weldon Development Group.
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An Uptown property we looked at earlier this month when it was permitted for demolition has now also received the go-ahead to begin new construction. On April 15, a permit was issued to start work at 4650 North Magnolia Avenue, calling for a three-story, four-unit building. Design work was performed by Stoneberg + Gross Architects and N.L.I.E. Construction will be the general contractor.
After nearly a year-long break, Chicago YIMBY’s Sister Cities series returns with a closer look at the skyline-defining Mutual of Omaha tower in Omaha, Nebraska. Announced back in 2022, the skyscraper is one of the tallest structures rising in the U.S. outside of New York, Chicago, or Miami. Efforts are being led by the company along with Omaha-based developer Lanoha.
Concrete masonry units for the stair and elevator cores have risen on the construction site for Lawrence Gateway, the 41-unit residential property from MAS Ventures and architecture firm Wight & Company. Both cores, one for the stairway on the east edge of the building and one for the combination stairway/elevator in the center of the development, are topped out. Now general contractor LG Group is using cinder blocks to form the first level of the five-story structure.
Updated plans have been revealed for the upcoming health and job training hub at 3446 West North Avenue in Humboldt Park. Sitting on the corner with North St. Louis Avenue, the project was originally unveiled last fall with a more glass-heavy exterior. The team has now submitted a zoning application for the refined proposal.
