Articles by Daniel Schell

4306 West Kamerling Avenue construction permitted

Frame Two-Unit Home Permitted At 4306 West Kamerling In West Humboldt Park

7:30 am on October 1, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A long-vacant lot at 4306 West Kamerling Avenue in West Humboldt Park will soon be improved with a frame two-story plus basement, two-unit residential building. Six weeks after its application start date of August 19, a permit was issued with a reported cost of $180,000 on September 28 for the homes, which will be developed and constructed by Romero’s Construction Service. Cruz Designs and Consultants is named as the architect of record.

DePaul Athletics practice facility caisson work

Caisson Work Is Underway For The DePaul Athletics Practice Facility

7:30 am on September 30, 2026 By Daniel Schell

There are a lot of big caisson jobs getting started in Chicago, and DePaul University has tipped off on one of their own with work underway for the new sports practice facility at Sheffield and Belden Avenues in Lincoln Park. It’s still early in the first quarter for teammates Bully & Andrews and concrete contractor Adjustable Concrete, who got permission to drill and fill caissons on May 5. Also on the starting team is Thatcher Foundations; their rig is running drills.

Julep West Loop Sets Up For Caisson Construction

7:30 am on September 29, 2026 By Daniel Schell

Caisson equipment is amassing on the 1000 block of West Jackson Boulevard as the start of construction approaches for the newly named Julep West Loop residential tower. General contractor Skender, concrete contractor Adjustable Concrete, and the drill team from Stalworth Underground are filling the West Loop lot with caisson rigs and all manner of accoutrement in preparation for the 25-story, 380-unit development from Mavrek Development.

Caisson Work Has Begun At 7 West Elm In Gold Coast

7:30 am on September 28, 2026 By Daniel Schell

Caisson work is underway for 7 West Elm, the 28-story residential tower where Lou Malnati’s and Barnes & Noble once stood in the Gold Coast neighborhood. Thatcher Foundations has their rigs on the site, surrounded by the usual array of corrugated tubes, rebar cages, and iron liners, as they drill and fill shafts below the surface. A permit issued on September 12 allowed this phase of construction, including the caissons and foundation work through the second floor. It came through with a reported cost of $5 million.

3909 North Ashland Avenue construction & demolition permits

Demolition, Eight-Unit Construction Permits Issued For 3909 North Ashland Avenue In Lake View

7:30 am on September 27, 2026 By Daniel Schell

New construction and demolition permits were issued two days apart last week for the property at 3909 North Ashland Avenue in Lake View. Permission to tear down a vacant two-story building on the site came through the portal on September 23, with Carlos Group assigned to the job at a reported cost of $20,000. Two days earlier, new construction was permitted after a 67-day wait in the data portal. Its reported cost is $2.4 million.

917 West Fletcher Street construction permitted

Permission For Three Units At 917 West Fletcher Street Means Demolition For 1894 Home

7:30 am on September 26, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A new construction permit issued for 917 West Fletcher Street on September 21 means an 1894-built Lake View home currently occupying the lot will be demolished. Promised Land Development closed the property under an LLC in August for $1.15 million after filing an application to build new on August 5, waiting 47 days for the permit to come through. It includes a reported cost of $1.2 million.

1010 South Wells Brings The Pane For Its First Level Of Glass

7:30 am on September 25, 2026 By Daniel Schell

As 1010 South Wells nears its topping out, the first level of glass has wrapped around the fifth floor, the first of the residential levels. Crews from Brandts Build and Goebel Forming are working east to west on the 20th floor now of what will be a 22-story building with nearly 400 rental apartments.

The Tower Crane Is Up At The 1901 Project

7:30 am on September 24, 2026 By Daniel Schell

McDonald’s Park isn’t the only job site in town with a shiny new yellow Liebherr tower crane; there is now a 420 EC-H doing the heavy lifting for the parking garage at The 1901 Project, too. The crane’s base was planted in the Neat West Side ground back in July. We can’t say exactly when the rest of it was erected, but it’s been there long enough to set some heavy ironwork over the below-ground loading dock off Damen Avenue.

McDonald's Park east tower crane at The 78

The East Tower Crane Is In The Air At McDonald’s Park

7:30 am on September 23, 2026 By Daniel Schell

For the first time since since Fall 2017, there are two tower cranes on a McDonald’s job site, though this time they’re building a very different project. The east crane at McDonald’s Park at The 78 in the South Loop has been erected, allowing construction on the Chicago Fire’s new stadium to progress away from the river towards Clark Street.

Bryn Mawr Avenue SFRs permitted for construction

Two Former St Gregory Parish Frame Homes Razed For SFR Replacements

7:30 am on September 22, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A pair of frame two-story structures sold by St Gregory the Great Parish in Andersonville have been razed and the lots permitted for two single-family residences. Three demolition permits were issued for the two buildings at 1621 and 1625 West Bryn Avenue on July 22, including one to remove a shared oversized garage at the alley behind the properties. Maxym Demolition of St Charles was contracted to to do the work at a reported cost of $22,500 for each frame building and $9,500 for the masonry garage. A visit to the site on September 7 showed only a small amount of rubble remaining.

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