Progress at McDonald’s Park in the South Loop is showing signs of the soccer stadium it aspires to be, as the seating bowl begins to take shape for the Chicago Fire FC’s new home pitch. Vertical progress began on the stadium’s west side, and has now moved around the southwest corner to the south end of the stadium while continuing to stretch toward the north end.
The second multi-unit residential building proposed for the 3000 block of North Western Avenue in Roscoe Village now has permission to begin construction. Following on the heels of a permit issued in June for 3045 North Western, 3041 North Western may now proceed thanks to its issuance on August 11.
A three-unit residential building at 4928 North Damen Avenue in Ravenswood is topped out, bricked up, and close to exterior completion. Many of the windows have been installed on the south side of the structure, but sliding glass doors and windows at the front are not yet in place. Around back, windows only appear on the second floor, with ground-level and the third floor yet to be installed. None of the glass is in place for the basement level of the three-story building.
The full building permit has been issued for the residential redevelopment of 4006 North Sheridan Road in Uptown, as three demolition permits continue to pend in the Chicago Data Portal to clear space for it. After receiving a caisson permit on April 3, developer Catapult Real Estate Solutions got permission to build out the entire project that’s slated to take over the northwest corner of Sheridan and Irving Park Roads.
Two “complex demolition” permits issued by the city on July 29 allow redevelopment to begin for the former Vines on Clark sports bar at 3550 North Clark Street in Wrigleyville. Demolition fencing and a sidewalk canopy were already in place around the property, popular for its expansive beer garden, when the permits came through on July 29 for structures at 3550 and 3554 North Clark. M-5 Hauling LLC is named in both permits as the demolition contractor at a reported cost of $79,000.
