Articles by Daniel Schell

Site Prep Underway For The Clifton At 4725 North Clifton In Uptown

7:30 am on June 3, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A portion of another surface parking lot has disappeared, never to be parked on again, as site prep gets underway for The Clifton at 4725 North Clifton Avenue in Uptown. A site visit during the final week of May showed most of the old asphalt scraped away, with only a few marked parking spaces still visible at the south end of the site. The Clifton’s construction will include no parking, so once those last few spaces are banished, this will be a car-free space.

3318 West Montrose Avenue construction update

Exteriors Near Completion At 3318 West Montrose In Albany Park

7:30 am on June 2, 2026 By Daniel Schell

Much of the masonry work and glass installation has been completed for a residential building at 3318 West Montrose Avenue in the Albany Park neighborhood. At ground level, plywood still covers window openings for future retail spaces facing south along Montrose and a three-bedroom dwelling unit that will face west. Inside, an abundance of visible wood studs indicates interior progress is still in its early stages.

6143 North Kenmore Avenue construction underway

Foundation Work Has Started For 6143 North Kenmore In Edgewater

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

Foundation work has begun for the residential development at 6143 North Kenmore Avenue in Edgewater. Concrete forms have been placed at the front of the construction site, while excavating sand and tearing out the remnants of the previous asphalt lot used by the now-demolished Kindred Hospital continue. As we’ve come to learn, that sand is ubiquitous on sites this close to the lake front, and with a 40-car garage planned for the basement level, digging it out and hauling it off will take some time.

3144 West Diversey Avenue construction permitted

Three Units Permitted For 3144 West Diversey In Avondale

7:30 am on May 31, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A three-story plus basement, three-unit building was permitted for construction at 3144 West Diversey Avenue, straddling the boundary of the Avondale and, to the south, the Logan Square Community Areas. The permit entered the Chicago Data Portal on January 20, and it was issued on May 22, a duration of 122 days. it includes a reported cost of $350,000.

1323 South Homan Avenue construction permitted

Two Units Permitted For Vacant Homan Avenue Lot In North Lawndale

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

The City of Chicago issued a new permit on May 26 to allow the construction of a three-story plus basement, two-unit frame residence at 1323 South Homan Avenue in North Lawndale. The entity of 4022 Polk LLC received the permit 131 days after its application start date of January 15. It comes through with a reported cost of $420,000.

1604 North Hermitage Avenue construction underway

Residential Construction Underway At North And Hermitage In Wicker Park

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

First-floor construction is underway for a new residential building at 1604 North Hermitage Avenue in the Wicker Park/Bucktown area of West Town. Three-dimensional progress is most notable with block laid along the west wall, with some brickwork just getting started towards the front of the site. Several pallets of block and brick await attention throughout the lot, which is situated on the northwest corner of North Hermitage and West North Avenues.

Arandas residential redevelopment construction progress

Construction Progress Reaches Top Floor On Arandas Redevelopment In West Town

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

Construction will top out soon for the residential redevelopment of the Arandas Tires & Rims shop at 1501 North Ashland Avenue in the Pulaski Park neighborhood of West Town. Block work has risen to the fifth and final floor on all four sides of the building, and textured brick covers much of the west and south façades facing Ashland Avenue and West Le Moyne Street.

Construction underway at 6150 North Sheridan Road

Excavation, Pile Work In Progress For 40 Units At 6150 North Sheridan Road

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

Excavation and foundation work has begun for the residential development at 6150 North Sheridan Road in the Edgewater neighborhood. Steel sheets have been driven into the ground along the east and north perimeters as digging continues. That follows on the heels of site prep we saw a couple weeks ago, when an excavator tore up the asphalt from the existing surface lot.

Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building tower crane

The Tower Crane Is In the Air At Loyola University’s Nursing And Sciences Building

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

The tower crane that will build Loyola University’s Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences building has been erected and is doing heavy lifting. A visit on May 13 showed only the base planted on the site, but a Purple Line Express ride on Thursday of last week revealed a complete crane. One enormous street crane was still on site when we passed by, but we can’t say for sure which days it worked on assembly the full rig.

4650 North Magnolia Avenue foundation construction

Foundation Set For 4650 North Magnolia In Uptown

7:15 am on May 26, 2026 By Daniel Schell

The foundation is in the ground for the fast-moving residential development at 4650 North Magnolia Avenue in Uptown. Little more than a month ago, there was an 1890-built frame residence on this lot. But that was dispatched within a week’s time after a demolition permit came through on April 6, and the site was excavated immediately for new construction.

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