Plans have been revealed for an upcoming mixed-use development at 225 West Division Street in the Near North Side. The project would replace an existing two-story commercial building that sits mid-block between North Wells Street and the winding CTA Brown Line tracks. The structure is surrounded on three sides by the larger three-tower Old Town Park development.
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The old drive-thru bank canopy has been torn down, and site prep is underway ahead of construction on 605 Davis, a new 29-story residential tower in Evanston from Vermillion Development. According to local publication Evanston Now, demolition work got started on the morning of September 25, and the canopy was gone within hours. Machines from Precision Excavating & Demolition are now in excavator mode as they prepare for foundation work.
Updated details have been revealed for a new urgent care health hub at 1140 North California Avenue in Humboldt Park. Sitting just south of the intersection with West Division Street and the neighborhood’s namesake park, the project would replace a one-story commercial structure along with its adjacent parking lot. A zoning application has been submitted to City Council.
Chicago lost another of its tower cranes over the second week of September when the rig was removed from the 566 West Van Buren construction site. As that was coming down, more glass was going up around the lower levels of the 199-unit apartment building coming online soon. Most of two rows of glazing, on the second and third floors, have now been wrapped, while the ground floor remains open to the elements.
Plans have been revealed for a new residential development at 1759 North Cicero Avenue on the northwest edge of Austin. Located just south of the intersection with West Grand Avenue, the project would replace a former car scrapyard in a relatively industrial area just steps away from the Grand/Cicero Metra Station.
