The Chicago City Council has officially approved the mixed-use tower at 215 North Racine Avenue in Fulton Market. The approval comes on the heels of 715 Randolph nearby landing an anchor tenant, continuing to build the area’s skyline. Efforts for the project are being led by local developer Domus along with architecture firm Archeo Design Studio.
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Glass is being installed along the Chicago River on the east façade of Bally’s Casino. There may well be some over on the west side of the building as well, but with the Chicago Avenue Bridge closed, we didn’t make it over to that side of the project. But we did get a good look at the north end of the building from the Halsted Pointe construction site, and can confirm there had been no glass installed there yet as of June 6, when all of the photos in this gallery were taken.
Although it was approved by the Committee on Zoning last year for renovation of its dwelling units, an 1888 building at 950 West Willow Street in Lincoln Park will instead be demolished and replaced. A demolition permit was issued on June 15 for the three-story structure, with Brophy Excavation named as the demo contractor at a reported cost of $29,000. The permit had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since the first week of March.
A timeline and anchor tenant have been announced for the upcoming skyscraper at 725 West Randolph Street in Fulton Market. The upcoming skyscraper has seen a small height bump since we last covered its conversion from residential to an office proposal back in 2023. Since then, developer Related Midwest has been seeking tenants to kick off construction.
The first new construction permit was issued on June 15 to replace a pair of industrial buildings on the 3000 block of North Western Avenue in Roscoe Village. Approval at 3045 North Western to build a four-story plus basement, three-unit residence came through for developer Marat Liavitskyi as 3045 Western LLC with a reported cost of $954,592. This is the first of two projects slated for the site.
