The City of Chicago has issued a new construction permit for a residential building at 1628 West Division Street in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Vision II, from Chicago developer RDM Companies, will be built on the surface parking lot next to RDM’s Vision I at 1624 West Division, which was completed in 2021, and the Wicker Park Connection, a two-building project opened by a separate developer in 2016 and 2018.
Construction has topped out on a modest three-unit building at 1441 West Diversey Parkway on the northern edge of the Lincoln Park Community Area. None of the exterior finishes for the structure have been started, and none of the windows have been installed yet. At the alley, the lot is still open for access, with a detached garage to come once the construction crew no longer needs easy access to the residences.
With foundation work seemingly completed, vertical progress is underway for the new Bathhouse located at West Madison and North Morgan Streets in the West Loop. On the west end of the construction site, a wall of concrete block is starting to form as it wraps around the front of the building.
A permit was issued on the final day of March for the construction of a four-story office and retail building at 2314 South Wentworth Avenue in Chinatown. The new structure replaces a similar three-story mixed-use building that the city ordered demolished in March 2023. Alliance Demolition was cited in that permit as the demolition contractor.
Masonry work for the first two walls is underway as Club Grace construction begins its rise at 1801 West Grace Street in North Center. Nestled between the Brown Line tracks to the west and the UP-N Metra tracks to the east, the residential building by Jonathan Splitt Architects will eventually reach five stories. It broke ground this winter.
