Construction progress has risen past the podium on the first Riverline residential tower at 1010 South Wells in the South Loop. Three-story concrete columns stand out at the east and west ends of the podium, ready to support 18 levels of apartments cantilevered along the South Branch of the Chicago River.
A pair of permits issued by the City of Chicago on June 16 allow for demolition and construction at 861 West Lill Avenue in Lincoln Park. Real estate records show no recent sale of the 1893-built frame residence that currently occupies the property, the owner of which is shown as a revocable trust on the demo permit.
A new construction permit issued on June 16 allows local builder Panoptic Group to erect a five-story, six-unit residential building at 2345 West Chicago Avenue in Ukrainian Village. The project replaces the former home of Bacci Pizzeria, which was permitted for demolition on December 23 of last year. The construction permit shows an application start date of April 13, coming through 64 days later with a reported cost of $1,575,040.
Acting on a permit issued the third day of June, demolition is in progress for the redevelopment at 1230 West Grace Street in the Wrigleyville neighborhood. Brophy Excavation is on the job, and they must have gotten started immediately, because more than half of the building, which occupies three lots, is demolished, and there are already a couple dozen pallets of bricks ready to be hauled off for salvage. That early June demo permit cited a reported cost of almost $64,000.
Glass is being installed along the Chicago River on the east façade of Bally’s Casino. There may well be some over on the west side of the building as well, but with the Chicago Avenue Bridge closed, we didn’t make it over to that side of the project. But we did get a good look at the north end of the building from the Halsted Pointe construction site, and can confirm there had been no glass installed there yet as of June 6, when all of the photos in this gallery were taken.
