Site prep is underway at 205 West Superior Street in River North for The Lake, a private social club on the southwest corner of Wells and Superior Streets. Foundation work was permitted back in November, but the site had remained idle after demolitions of the two structures previously at this location were completed last year.
An army of foundation equipment continues drilling and filling caissons for the new Bally’s Chicago Casino in River West. It has been one month since the permit was issued on March 14 to get started on the site, and Stalworth Underground, whose machinery had been moved into place once demolition of the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center was complete, started caisson efforts immediately.
Permission has been granted by the City of Chicago to rebuild a Shell gas station at the corner of 71st and Halsted Streets in the Englewood neighborhood. The permit has an application date of May 11, 2024, and it was issued 334 days later on April 10, 2025. It indicates a reported cost of $560,000. While the physical address of the station is 7100 South Halsted, the permit uses the address of 7112 South Halsted.
A demolition permit was issued by the city to demolish a one-story commercial building and greenhouses at 5338 South Mason Avenue in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood near Midway Airport. According to the permit, which was issued on April 4, All Concrete Contractors of Bridgeview is named as the demo contractor, at a reported cost of $10,000.
The first pre-cast concrete panels have been erected for the forthcoming TimeLine Theatre at 5035 North Broadway in Uptown. General Contractor Bulley Andrews began the installation work in mid-March at the front of the site. As progress proceeds, the newly-built portion will to connect to the five-story remainder of the former W. C. Reebie and Brother storage building.
