After decades of sitting idle amid hopes for adaptive reuse, the Damen Silos are being torn down at Damen Avenue and 29th Street in McKinley Park. Long a favorite for urban explorers and rave parties, the silos had become a popular landmark along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Stevenson Expressway.
Three permits issued over a two-day period signal the beginning of a new multi-unit residence at 1830 North St Louis Avenue in Logan Square. Permission was granted on Tuesday, July 29 to build a two-story plus basement, two-unit building where a home and coach house stand now. A day later, on the 30th, demolition permits were granted for both of those structures.
Condominium sales are closer to launching as the sales center for 1325 West Fulton rounds into shape in the Fulton Market District. Sulo Development is building the sales center at the corner of Ada and Fulton Streets to kickstart sales for their three-tower project. A successful sales campaign will allow construction of the first tower to begin on the east end of the site in 2026. The single-story temporary structure will then be demolished and replaced by the second and third towers.
A permit has been issued to allow construction of a two-story, six-unit residential building at 1141 South Keeler Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood. An application was filed for the homes on October 18 of last year, and permission came through on July 16 with a reported cost of an even $1,000,000.
TimeLine Theatre announced through a press release on July 28 that their new home at 5035 North Broadway in Uptown is now 50 percent completed. Slated to open in May 2026, the theatre replaces the former W.C. Reebie & Brother storage building that was demolished (additional theatre renderings are available at that link) last year. In production for well over a decade, the theatre was awarded caisson and full permits back in 2022, but plans changed, with the theatre troupe demolishing more of the warehouse than was their original intent.
