A final framework plan has been compiled for the redevelopment of 43 acres across the former Cabrini Green sites on the Near North Side. The city has been working on said plan for multiple years, having formally presented it to the community back in 2024. Since then, various input meetings have led to some refinement included in this last iteration, dubbed ‘Cabrini Now’.
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One permit has been issued and one is coming soon for a pair of two-unit residences on the 4900 block of West Augusta Boulevard in Austin. The first, at 4902 West Augusta, was permitted on October 8, 87 days after its application start date of July 13, and it includes a reported cost of $400,000. The second one, for 4904 West Augusta, has been pending since July 21.
Plans for a new residential development at 940 West Erie Street have been approved by the Chicago City Council. The property sits at the angled intersection with North Milwaukee Avenue in River West, creating a wedge-shaped site. To make way for the project, two three-story buildings along with the adjacent vacant lot and parking lot will be demolished.
The tower crane count we highlighted earlier this week has already been rendered irrelevant with the discovery that the west tower crane at McDonald’s Park has already been taken down. The big yellow crawler crane once mistaken for the second tower crane is still in operation over on the west side of the Chicago Fire’s new soccer stadium to do the remainder of the heavy lifting. This all makes us wonder if the east crane will be similarly short-lived once progress on the first level has worked its way 360 degrees around the park.
Very initial details have been revealed for a brand new multi-building lab testing and education complex at roughly 356 East Garfield Boulevard in Washington Park. Located at the intersection with Martin Luther King Drive and bound by the CTA Green Line Garfield station to the west, the project would replace a series of vacant lots along with a small parking lot.
