Construction progress has risen above foundation level for the Kensington School West Loop at 1220 West Adams Street in the West Loop. General contractor Charles Hall Construction got started on the building last fall, after receiving permission to begin on August 26, 2024. Charles Vincent George Architects is the architect of record, as they have been for each Kensington School development in the city.
New renderings have been released for the mixed-use development at 23 S Sangamon Street in the West Loop. Sitting on the corner with W Monroe Street, the building will replace a vacant lot and is the third iteration in recent times. This new proposal is still being led by local developer Fern Hill with Free Market Ventures.
Demolition of the former Fast Track fast food restaurant is complete at Lake Street and Des Plaines Avenue in the West Loop. Single-story buildings aren’t expected to take much time to tear down, and once this one got started, is was over in a hurry. With the site clear, construction can begin for the eight-story, 49-unit residential building taking its place.
A new construction permit was issued Friday, January 24, to allow for driving foundation piles that will support a three-story bathhouse at Madison and Morgan Streets in the West Loop. Fulton St. Companies is building the facility for Bathhouse, a Brooklyn, NY company, to occupy. The building replaces a surface parking lot, which earlier this decade was to be replaced by a 10-story condominium development, also under Fulton St.’s leadership.
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.
