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.
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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.
The City of Chicago issued a permit on the 3rd of April to allow construction of a four-story plus basement, three-unit residential building at 1480 West Huron Street in West Town. the permit cites a reported cost of $1,513,200 and shows an application date of March 13, a wait in the data portal of just 21 days.
New details have been revealed for the mixed-use development known as Bridgeport Crossing at 3301 South Justine Street in McKinley Park. Located at the intersection with West 33rd Street, the multi-building development was first unveiled just over a year ago and will replace a large former industrial site steps away from Bubbly Creek.
