Updated renderings, official name, website, and opening timeline have been revealed for the upcoming mixed-use hotel at 3257 North Halsted Street in Lake View. Now known as the Backbeat Hotel, the property has been in development for just over a year at the corner of West Aldine Avenue by developers Allan O’Brien of Men’s Room, along with InFocus Builders.
The Chicago City Council has approved a mixed-use development at 2240 North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square. Revealed earlier this year, the project will replace a large parking lot at the intersection with West Prindiville Street, near the Congress Theater redevelopment. Efforts are being led by Kiferbaum Development Group.
Zoning has been fully approved for the upcoming mixed-use hotel development at 3257 North Halsted Street in Lake View. Located at the corner of West Aldine Avenue, in the heart of North Halsted/Boystown, the LGBTQ+-focused proposal was originally revealed last year by developer Allan O’Brien, who also owns Men’s Room Chicago down the street.
Construction progress on the residential development at 5035 North Sheridan Road in Uptown now features lots of glass and brick on the exterior. Scaffolding along the structure’s Carmen Avenue façade is facilitating continued brickwork, as developer and general contractor DLG Management erects an eight-story plus basement, 77-unit apartment building here.
Initial details have been revealed for the residential conversion of 4545 N Ravenswood Avenue in Ravenswood. Sitting just south of the intersection with W Wilson Avenue, the existing building faces the Metra tracks and most recently held a fitness center and software company as its tenants. However, as commercial demand wanes, residential increases.
