220 North Ada joined 1717 Michigan recently in removing a tower crane from Chicago’s construction landscape, as glass installation starts to creep higher up the building’s exterior.
The city of Chicago has issued a new construction permit for the fourth and final parcel on a vacant lot in Bronzeville. 3954 South Indiana Avenue, permitted on January 13, joins 3944, 3948, and 3950, with those three having received permission back in December 2024.
Work on the glass exterior for 919 Fulton in the West Loop is nearly complete. Only a few panes need to be installed where the construction hoist was recently removed from the north end of the structure.
Demolition permits were issued for 1235 and 1237 North Ashland Avenue in the Wicker Park neighborhood on Monday, signaling that construction of a five-story, 16-unit apartment building on the site is imminent. Noah Properties is erecting the new development here, having applied for a construction permit on October 14 of last year. That permit remains pending.
The first few levels of exterior glass have been installed on 1717 Michigan, the South Loop residential building from CMK Companies formerly known as 1723 South Michigan. The construction site is also notable for what it doesn’t have: a tower crane. That’s been taken down now that the building is topped out. The construction hoist at the south end of the structure will do the rest of the heavy lifting from here on out.
