Minor tweaks have been revealed for the new residential proposal at 350 N Morgan Street in Fulton Market. Sitting on the intersection with W Carroll Avenue and set to replace a currently cleared site next to Google’s current Midwest HQ. The plans are being brought forward by Sterling Bay, who originally pitched an office tower on the site.
Funding has been secured for the renovation and re-opening of the southern entrance of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). Located on the northern end of Jackson Park within Hyde Park, the massive museum just received funding for the project in the form of a $10 million grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
Initial details have been revealed for a new mixed-use office high-rise at 590 W Madison Street in West Loop Gate. Located on the northeast corner with N Jefferson Street, the tower will replace a narrow parking lot used by the existing tower at 540 Madison next door. The project is being led by Florida-based Third Millennium Group and Texas-based Hines.
Initial plans have been revealed for the residential conversion of the existing church at 2625 N Talman Avenue in Logan Square. Located just north of the intersection with W Logan Boulevard, the church was most recently the home of the Bethel International Full Gospel Korean congregation. Efforts for the redevelopment, dubbed Talman Lofts, are being led by Mo2 Properties.
Five finalists have been revealed for the city’s Missing Middle Infill Housing initiative across Lawndale. Split into six clusters/zones of vacant city-owned lots, the initiative looks to subsidize the construction of 99 for-sale homes for the middle class in an area that has long seen rampant disinvestment and 15 percent population loss in the last decade.
