A three-story masonry building, the last-standing building of the Jane Addams Homes, is being converted into the National Public Housing Museum on Taylor Street in Little Italy. A joint effort by Related Midwest and the Chicago Housing Authority, the renovation is part of Roosevelt Square Phase 3B which we featured last week.
Construction on a four-story, nine-unit condominium building in East Village is progressing at 941 N Damen Avenue. Developed and built by Volo Development, the property received its full building permit from the City of Chicago on December 8 of last year.
Cloud Gate, by far Chicago’s shiniest art piece and tourist attraction, is back open to the public after almost a year behind construction fencing. The legume-shaped work by India-born British artist Anish Kapoor had been closed off to the public since August 2023 so Grainger Plaza and the podium on which the sculpture stands could be rebuilt. The City of Chicago announced on its Twitter account Sunday morning that The Bean is Back.
The Computer Design Research and Learning Center on the University of Illinois Chicago campus is nearing the completion of construction. Located at 900 W Taylor Street on the Near West Side, the new addition to the school’s computer science department is expected to open in 2024, though it is not yet known if it will be open by the time the fall semester begins.
Foundation work is underway for a five-story, 50-unit residential building at 1440 W Fillmore Street in the Little Italy neighborhood. The property received its New Construction permit from the City of Chicago on May 15 of this year.
