Initial details have been revealed for the residential conversion of 309 W Washington Street in The Loop. Located on the intersection with N Franklin Street near the river, the historical building joins others across the city center in conversions as well as sits across the street from the last vacant lot within The Loop.
Construction progress at 2354 North Washtenaw Avenue in Logan Square has reached the underside of the fifth and uppermost floor, as brickwork has made its way up four floors on all sides. This is the neighbor and sibling property of 2357 North Washtenaw, which we visited Thursday. Both projects broke ground in 2024.
Plans are advancing to rezone a long strip of Broadway across the far north side. Led by the Department of Planning and Development (DPD), the proposal will upzone Broadway from Montrose Avenue on the south end, to Devon Avenue to the north. Plans have been presented to the local community twice already with a third meeting expected on January 30th.
The first piles were driven into the ground at 1010 South Wells Street in the South Loop on Thursday, marking the beginning of the Riverline residential development. Eschewing caissons, those piles will provide the foundation for this 21-story, 386-unit building from CMK Properties. 1010 South Wells is the first, and northernmost, parcel to be developed for the multi-structure plan.
Two permits were issued by the City of Chicago on January 2 to address damage caused by a fire at the Tapestry Fellowship Church in Irving Park. Located at 3824 West Irving Park Road, across from Independence Park, the fire occurred on the morning of December 22, 2023. It started in the cafe and damaged most of the building’s lower level and caused heavy smoke damage to the sanctuary above, according to a post on the church’s Facebook page the day after the fire.
