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Permit Granted For Loyola University To Begin Construction On Former Campion Hall Site

7:30 am on January 31, 2026 By Daniel Schell

A foundation permit was issued Friday to allow Loyola University to begin construction on the new Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences. Addressed in the permit as 1144 West Loyola Avenue in Rogers Park, this is the former home of Campion Hall, which was demolished last year for the new facility. The construction site occupies the entire east side of the block spanning 6550 to 6600 North Sheridan Road between Albion and Loyola Avenues, one block north of the Loyola Red Line platform.

Tiny Giants Horner Park construction update

Steel Begins Forming For Tiny Giants Facility, Residences Next To Horner Park

7:45 am on September 28, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Steel is being erected for the four-story Tiny Giants Early Learning Center mixed-use project on the southwest corner of California and Montrose Avenues in the Horner Park neighborhood. Concrete cores are also popping up toward the north end of the construction site as work goes three-dimensional.

Details Revealed For New School In Lake Shore East

7:45 am on August 27, 2025 By Ian Achong

Plans have been revealed for the completion of the school building at 355 East Wacker Drive in Lakeshore East. Wedged between the Coast apartments to the west and the St. Regis to the east, the partially completed building was originally being developed by Dubai-based Global Education Management Systems (GEMS) before construction halted in 2019.

Plan Commission Approves New Loyola University Sciences Building

7:45 am on July 19, 2025 By Ian Achong

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for a new nursing and research building on the Loyola University campus in Rogers Park. Located at 6551 North Sheridan Road, the new structure will replace an existing four-story university building known as Campion Hall, situated at the intersection with West Loyola Avenue.

Renderings Revealed For UIC Innovation Center Expansion

7:45 am on July 18, 2025 By Ian Achong

Plans have been revealed for a new expansion of UIC’s Innovation Center on the Near West Side. Located at 1240 West Harrison Street, the expansion will replace an existing parking lot adjacent to the current facility. The project is being led by the university in collaboration with local architecture firm JGMA, which is handling the design.

Northwestern University Kellogg Education Center tower crane

Northwestern University Erects A Tower Crane On The Evanston Lakefront

7:30 am on June 7, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Northwestern University and Power Construction have erected a tower crane to construct a new building along the Lake Michigan waterfront in Evanston. The seven-story, 242,000-square-foot Kellogg Education Center is now under construction, with foundation work currently in progress.

Construction Begins On Redevelopment Of Former Tyson Foods Building In West Loop Gate

7:45 am on May 26, 2025 By Ian Achong

Construction has begun on the redevelopment of the former Tyson Foods building at 400 S Jefferson Street in West Loop Gate. Located at the corner of W. Van Buren Street and bounded by Interstate 290 to the south, the former industrial building was purchased by The Chicago School late last year to serve as its new consolidated campus.

Prescott Elementary School renovations permitted

Permits Issued For Addition, Renovations At Prescott Elementary School In Lincoln Park

7:00 am on May 16, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Two permits have been issued by the City of Chicago to build a four-story addition and to renovate portions of the existing Prescott Elementary School at 1632 West Wrightwood Avenue in Lincoln Park. The permit applications were filed by CPS on January 16, and came through on May 7 with a reported construction cost of $2.622 million.

Tiny Giants Early Learning Center Horner park permitted

Tiny Giants Gets A Permit For Mixed-Use Building In Horner Park

7:00 am on March 11, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The City of Chicago has issued a permit to begin construction on a mixed-use building at California and Montrose Avenues in Horner Park. Demolition is complete on the three commercial buildings that used to occupy the site, and now excavators are tearing away at the earth to get foundations started. That will allow work to begin on a four-story structure that will include a Tiny Giants Early Learning Center on the ground floor, 24 residential units on the third and fourth levels, and office space and support services for the school on the second floor.

Further Details And Timeline Revealed For University Of Chicago’s New Engineering And Science Building

7:45 am on March 3, 2025 By Ian Achong

Updated details and a construction timeline have been revealed for the new Engineering and Science building for the University of Chicago at 5620 S Ellis Avenue in Hyde Park. Located on the corner with E 56th Street, the project sits just east of the university’s new cancer center and has been in the works for a few years.

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