The six-story brick and timber loft office building 168 North Clinton Street in the West Loop was permitted for demolition on January 22. Built in 1889, the structure’s first floor served as the Haymarket Branch of the United States Postal Service in recent years, before closing in 2021.
A trio of condominiums have been approved for construction at 3039 North Kenmore Avenue in Lake View. A permit application filed by the developer on December 3 of last year came through on February 17 with a reported cost of $1.2 million.
Another tower crane jump was completed successfully at the Bally’s Casino hotel tower in River West over the weekend. Three growth spurts for the crane were approved with one permit back on November 13 of last year; we can expect to see one more jump here before the tower tops out.
One of Chicago’s two tower cranes working on renovation projects has fulfilled its duty to the city and has been dismantled. At the Thompson Center in The Loop, Clark Construction has completed the heavy lifting for Google’s transformation of their new Chicago headquarters. Shedd Aquarium now has Chicago’s lone crane not working on new construction.
On our last site visit to River North last month, we got a glimpse of foundation work at 227 West Chicago Avenue. Work had just started, and only included one corner of the construction site. Now, that progress has spread to the entire footprint as efforts ramp up on the new residential building.
