Very initial details have been revealed for a brand new multi-building lab testing and education complex at roughly 356 East Garfield Boulevard in Washington Park. Located at the intersection with Martin Luther King Drive and bound by the CTA Green Line Garfield station to the west, the project would replace a series of vacant lots along with a small parking lot.
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There is no longer a tower crane at 2305 South State Street on the Near South Side, as the newest phase of the Southbridge development has topped out and dropped its rig. But there is some fresh glass on the building, interspersed with gray panels in varying shades, with the exterior skin now wrapping around the second floor. That patterning will continue up the structure’s 12 stories.
A potential start date has been announced for the upcoming Foundry Park megadevelopment on the edge of Lincoln Park. The date comes as the project received full approval for its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) from the Chicago City Council late last month. This will allow developers JDL and Kayne Anderson to finalize funding for phase one.
Monday October 5 saw the release of a full-construction permit for a new residential building at 315 South Jefferson Street in the West Loop. The nine-story plus basement, 52-unit development will replace a surface parking lot just a few yards north of the recently topped out 566 West Van Buren. The permit hit the Chicago Data Portal on March 20, coming through after a 199-day wait with a reported cost of $19 million. Summit Design + Build is the general contractor.
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.
