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.
A permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to construct a new daycare facility at 2824 North Elston Avenue in Avondale. Children’s Land, which operates 11 suburban locations and one in Chicago, filed to build in January of this year, with the permit coming through on September 9. It includes a reported cost of $1.9 million.
A branch of Wells Fargo Bank has been permitted for construction near the six-way intersection of Clybourn, Western, and Belmont Avenues in North Center. Assigned to the address of 3162 North Clybourn, the permit was issued by the city on August 21, nine months after its application date of November 25, 2024. It comes with a reported cost of $2.7 million.
A demolition permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to remove a former Brown’s Chicken restaurant at 6909 West Archer Avenue in Garfield Ridge. Permission came through on August 21, with Master Guys Demolition assigned to teardown duties at a reported cost of $15,000. The restaurant closed in 2018 and was listed for sale by the owner. It has been vacant since.
Caissons are complete, the tower crane is up, and work has begun going 3-D on the sprawling Bally’s Casino site in River West. Both the 34-story hotel tower and the casino are anticipating a December 2026 opening, so time is of the essence.
