The Chicago City Council has approved the residential development at 4642 N Magnolia Avenue in Uptown. Located just south of the intersection with W Leland Avenue near the St. Boniface Cemetery, the project will sit on a lot that has sat vacant since 2014 when the previous house on it was demolished. Now developer Finan Development Corp is moving forward with their plans designed by local-firm Laszlo Simovic Architects.
Finalists have been announced for the city’s LaSalle Street Reimagined initiative in The Loop. Covering roughly six blocks of LaSalle Street bound by W Van Buren Street to the south, N Wells Street to the west, N Clark Street to the east, and W Washington Street to the north, the initiative looks to solve the area’s high vacancy issue caused by aging structures while addressing affordability. Thus the Department of Planning and Development along with the Department of Housing created the Request For Proposal (RFP).
Updated plans have been revealed for the residential development at 2300 W Ainslie Street in North Center. Located just east of the intersections with N Claremont Avenue, the project site includes the existing St. Matthias rectory and its adjacent open land bound by N Oakley Avenue to the east. Developer CKG Realty Group now has returned with two updated proposals after locals turned down the previous design due to its size and design.
Initial funding has been announced for the mixed-use development at 6300 S Cottage Grove Avenue in Woodlawncovered the plans to restore and redevelop the old Washington Park National Bank building mid-last year. Now plans for the structure located on the southwest corner of the intersection with E 63rd Street received new life thanks to city-approved funding. Developer DL3 Realty has been working on its plans for a few years now and is working with local firm bKL Architecture on this iteration.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the mixed-use development at 415 N Sangamon Street in the West Loop. Located on the northeast corner of the intersection with W Kinzie Street the project will break the mold of green-design with an innovative facade. Renderings were revealed earlier this year at a local community meeting, now developer Fortem Voluntas Partners is moving forward with the proposal designed by local firm Eckenhoff Saunders as it begins to gather momentum.
