Move-ins have begun as an opening has been held for the mixed-use development known as ‘Inside Info Fremont’ at 1549 North Fremont Street in the Near North Side. Sitting just south of the intersection with West North Avenue, the project broke ground in late 2024 and replaced a large vacant lot surrounded by a car dealership garage.
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In Bronzeville at 515 East Bowen Avenue, a corner parcel formed with a perpendicular alley, a local LLC has received permission to fill a vacant lot with a three-story, three-unit residential building. Landex Holding Company LLC got a new construction permit on May 28, 34 days after its application start date of April 24, and with it comes a reported cost of $440,000.
An official groundbreaking has been held for the first phase of The 1901 Project, set to replace the sea of parking lots around the United Center. The massive project has been in the works for a few years and recently received approval for its tax incentives ahead of the ceremony. Demolition and preconstruction work have already been underway for a few weeks.
The first of two tower cranes for McDonald’s Park, the new soccer stadium under construction by and for the Chicago Fire Football Club, has been erected at The 78 in the South Loop. Permits for the West Crane and the East Crane both hit the Chicago Data Portal on April 14; the West Crane came through on April 21, with the other still pending.
A Chicago builder that received a permit to erect a three-flat residence on South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park back in January will construct three more on adjacent lots. Reliable Home Remodeling & Construction Company got their latest permit on May 29, allowing for a three-story slab-on-grade building at 5306 South Prairie Avenue. The permit came through with a reported cost of $500,000, 71 days after its application start date.
