The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the multi-phase Woodlawn Central development centered around the intersections of East 63rd Street and South Dorchester Avenue. The approval comes after more than four years of planning by the Apostolic Church of God, which is behind the proposal and occupies a large portion of the property.
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Chicago’s newest tower crane has been raised at 931 North Halsted Street, ready to send construction vertical on the first residential building for Halsted Pointe. You can now add a ninth crane to Wednesday’s list of eight in operation around Chicago.
Plans are finally progressing for the commercial redevelopment of the former Grace’s Furniture building at 2618 North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square. The project has been in the works for over six years, with our last update coming back in 2022 as the developers pivoted from a hotel to a large-format gym before going dormant.
The loft timber office building at 168 North Clinton Street in the West Loop was permitted for demolition on January 22nd. Once they had gutted the interiors and prepped the site, demo contractor Atlas Industries walked us through the building in April, just a couple weeks before tearing into the structure. In May, demolition began in earnest.
Plans and renderings have been revealed for the redevelopment of the historic Up Top Building at 13100 South Ellis Avenue within Altgeld Gardens. Located on the northeastern corner of the large housing complex and next to the neighborhood’s public library branch, the structure has sat vacant and deteriorating for years, waiting for a new life.
