Some new shake ups and openings have been announced for retail stores around Michigan Avenue, Rush Street, and Oak Street within the Near North Side. Two very different stories have been forming over the years between the iconic shopping drag and the boutique anchored side streets, both of which are heating up post-pandemic.
A new construction permit has been issued to build a four-story, 14-unit residential building at 1839 North Dayton Street in Lincoln Park. The development replaces a trio of residential buildings that all received demolition permits in 2023 and have since been razed. Some excavation work on the old foundations will be the next order of business before digging out the basement of the new building.
Grade-level foundation work continues to progress for the residential development at 537 West Drummond Place in Lincoln Park. Tucked in behind the recently renovated Hotel Covent on the 2600 block of North Clark Street, the seven-story, 84-unit building is replacing a surface parking lot utilized by the United States Postal Service facility next door.
The City of Chicago has issued a new construction permit to build a two-flat residence at 1650 North Mozart Street in Humboldt Park. The permit was issued on December 30 after being applied for on November 5. The address (1650) appears to be a side yard for the home at 1652 North Mozart, a two-story frame residence which listings show was built in 1894 and sold in July for $650,000. It is being razed for the new project.
Plans for the redevelopment of the parking lots around the United Center, dubbed The 1901 Project, will be moving forward as they are set to be reviewed by the Plan Commission this January. Led by the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families, owners of the Bulls and Blackhawks respectively, the project comes at a time when other teams in the city are seeking relocation.
