Loyola University Arts & Science building July 2026 construction update

Still Awaiting Full Permit, Work Below Grade Continues At Loyola’s Sciences Building

Progress is starting to rise from below grade at Loyola University’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building at 1144 West Loyola Avenue on the Rogers Park campus. Concrete walls and columns with protruding rebar, a solid sign that there will be more floors to come, are reaching up from beneath the surface, surrounded by a web of cross braces shoring up the perimeter walls.

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5542 and 5544 South Wabash Avenue three-flats permitted

Three-Flats Permitted On Vacant Corner Lot In Washington Park

A pair of three-flats have been permitted for construction on the northwest corner of South Wabash Avenue and East 56th Street in the Washington Park neighborhood. 5542 and 5544 South Wabash both came through on July 14 and have the exact same specifications. However, 5542 waited 16 days longer in the data portal and has a reported cost $100,00 higher than its next-door neighbor at 5544.

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