As excavation work wraps up and pile driving nears, a tower crane permit has been issued for 1221 West Washington on the boundary of the Fulton Market District and the West Loop. The permit had been in the Chicago Data Portal since August 28, and it went live on Wednesday, October 8.
A permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to allow construction to begin on a 44-unit residential development at 6301 South Western Avenue in Chicago Lawn. Using the address of 2355 West 63rd Street, the permit was applied for by the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP) on April 7 of this year. It came through on October 7 with a reported cost of $16 million.
The steel framework for Bally’s Casino is beginning to take shape along the Chicago River in River West. While the project’s single tower crane takes the hotel structure vertical, three giant Manitowoc crawler cranes are doing the heavy lifting here at the north end of the construction site.
Construction has reached the second floor on the four-story, eight-unit residential building at 4529 North Western Avenue in Lincoln Square. As concrete block rises, so too rises the brick finish, which now covers most of the ground-level façade.
Scaffolding shrouds Aberdeen Crossing as brickwork rises on the West Town residential development at 1100 West Grand Avenue. Nearly all the glass is now in place, save for a few panes to be placed on the south elevation facing Grand.
