As Bally’s Casino and its conjoined hotel tower continue to grow in River West, so does the formidable list of permits for the sprawling project at the old Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site.
Foundation work is underway for the forthcoming Bathhouse at 8 North Morgan Street in the West Loop. Work to drive piles for the building wrapped up a couple months ago, and now excavation is complete and rebar is being formed for the facility’s lower level.
Construction has begun on a new commercial plaza at 2812–2850 West 26th Street in Little Village. Located at the intersection with South Francisco Avenue and across the street from the Cook County Department of Corrections, the project will replace a vacant lot and a surface parking area.
The steel framework for Bally’s Casino is beginning to take shape along the Chicago River in River West. While the project’s single tower crane takes the hotel structure vertical, three giant Manitowoc crawler cranes are doing the heavy lifting here at the north end of the construction site.
Work in the basement level of The Lake social club is ongoing in the River North neighborhood at 205 West Superior Street on the city’s Near North Side. General contractor Bulley & Andrews has been on the build after receiving permission to start installing caissons in November. The full permit was issued on May 29 with a reported cost of $16.8 million.
