Articles by Daniel Schell

Work Progressing On The New Racine Blue Line Platform On The Near West Side

7:30 am on March 13, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Progress is ongoing for a new entrance at the Racine Blue Line platform on the city’s Near West Side. The station, which lies between the inbound and outbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway and is two blocks west of the Morgan Street substation we looked at last week, is part of the CTA’s $3 billion plan to reconstruct the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line system. The Racine renovation alone, which extends from Racine Avenue to the east to Loomis Street to the west, is estimated to cost approximately $23 million.

4846 North Hermitage Avenue demolition permitted

Demolition Permit Issued For 1890s Building In Uptown Ahead Of SFR Construction

7:00 am on March 13, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A pair of demolition permits were issued on March 7 for the property at 4846 North Hermitage Avenue in Uptown. The main permit will tear down a three-story brick residential building from the 1890s, while the second demo permit allows for the removal of a recently rebuilt four-vehicle detached garage. The buildings are being removed to make space of a single-family residence permitted for construction back in early February.

Aberdeen Crossing Adds A Tower Crane At 1100 West Grand Avenue In West Town

7:30 am on March 12, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The tower crane is up at Aberdeen Crossing, as construction at grade continues on the West Town residential development. Wildwood Investments in building a seven-story, 99-unit apartment building at 1100 West Grand Avenue, designed by bKL Architecture. The ground floor will include 28 parking spaces, and about 1,700 square feet of commercial space.

Six New Affordable Homes Permitted For Bridgeport Residential Development

7:00 am on March 12, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Six permits were issued by the City of Chicago on March 10 to build affordable single-family residences on South Stark Street in Bridgeport. The homes are part of a larger development that has already seen several townhomes and standalone buildings on the block bound by Stark Street, Hillock Avenue, Throop Street, and the rail tracks. Skyriver Throop Development LLC is behind the project, which replaces a light industrial building demolished back in 2018. MPI Contracting is named in the permits as the general contractor.

Shedd Aquarium Sets Up A Tower Crane On The Museum Campus

7:30 am on March 11, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A tower crane is on its way up at Shedd Aquarium, where big changes are underway to the 1929-built Graham, Anderson, Probst & White facility on the Museum Campus. This is the latest expansion to the aquarium, which has undergone several updates, improvements, and additions since the early 1990s.

Tiny Giants Early Learning Center Horner park permitted

Tiny Giants Gets A Permit For Mixed-Use Building In Horner Park

7:00 am on March 11, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The City of Chicago has issued a permit to begin construction on a mixed-use building at California and Montrose Avenues in Horner Park. Demolition is complete on the three commercial buildings that used to occupy the site, and now excavators are tearing away at the earth to get foundations started. That will allow work to begin on a four-story structure that will include a Tiny Giants Early Learning Center on the ground floor, 24 residential units on the third and fourth levels, and office space and support services for the school on the second floor.

First Row Of New Glass Works Its Way Around The Thompson Center

7:30 am on March 10, 2025 By Daniel Schell

One row of glass, just above street level, is making its way around the Thompson Center, as Google renovations continue at Helmut Jahn’s Loop office building. Starting on the corner of Clark and Lake Streets, the glass stretches the entirety of the north façade, then down the west façade along LaSalle Street to Randolph Street. There’s more along the west side of the Randolph facing, and then just a few panes along Clark Street.

2236 West Cermak Road construction permitted

Permit Issued For Six Units At 2236 West Cermak Road In Lower West Side

7:00 am on March 10, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A new construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to build six new residential units at 2236 West Cermak Road on the Lower West Side. Issued on March 6, the permit allows an entity named PL 2236 W Cermak Rd LLC to develop a three-story building with a basement and rooftop deck. The approval follows an application date of September 10, 2024, and estimates construction costs at $1.4 million.

With Permit Corrected, 3739 North Clifton Avenue Demolished As Planned

7:30 am on March 9, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The demolition permit issued by the City of Chicago for the residential building at 3729 North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville has been ignored. In a way. What we thought might have been a typo somewhere along the chain of command does indeed appear to have been a simple slip of a digit, and the home that was supposed to be taken down, at 3939 North Clifton, has now been demolished.

Fourth Condo Building Permitted At Former Twisted Hippo Site in Irving Park

7:00 am on March 9, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A fourth six-unit condominium building has been permitted for construction on the former Twisted Hippo grounds in Irving Park. On March 6, 4353 North Richmond Street got permission to extend the group of homes closer to the corner of Richmond and Montrose Avenue, adding to the three buildings already in progress. Vivi Development is the developer and general contractor.

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