Yesterday we told you that construction is underway for the first tower at Halsted Point on Goose Island. Today, we’re showing you. Just a short canoe trip up the North Branch of the Chicago River from the casino construction site, a crew has started drilling and filling caissons for the first residential tower on the sprawling lot.
Caissons are finished, a groundbreaking ceremony has been held, and the tower crane is in the air for the Southbridge residential tower at 2305 South State Street in the Near South Side. A shiny yellow Liebherr 316 EC-H model began its rise on Tuesday, as crews from general contractor McHugh Construction, concrete contractor McHugh Concrete, and tower crane gurus Morrow Equipment got to work on assembly.
Addition by subtraction is underway on the Leon Hotel at 2701 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park, as selective demolition takes place ahead of the renovation and expansion of the former Single Room Occupancy building. The building, located on the northeast corner of Clark Street and West Drummond Place, has been gutted, with clear skies showing through the top of the building, and windows have been removed.
A developer who got a permit in May of last year to build three residential units in the 3100 block of West Polk Street in East Garfield Park received permission on April 24 to build another three-flat next door at 3113 West Polk. In addition, they have three more pending permits in the Chicago Data Portal for this block of West Polk.
Habitat For Humanity received authorization from the City of Chicago earlier this month to erect two single-family homes on Chicago’s far west side. Identical permits came through on April 14 to build at 5308 and 5320 West Ferdinand Street in the Austin neighborhood. Each permit shows an application start date of January 27, and both include a reported cost of $320,000 apiece.
