Plans have been revealed for a new residential development at 2245 W Monroe Street in the Near West Side. Located mid-block between S Oakley Boulevard and S Bell Avenue, the new structure would replace a triple–wide vacant lot near the United Center. Efforts for the project are being led by 2245 W Monroe LLC.
A residential development fronting Hastings Street, 13th Street, and Ashland Avenue on the Near West Side is progressing toward a partial opening next month. Three-story, six-unit buildings, all 10 of which were permitted back in August of last year, face south and north in the two-rowed complex. They’ll be the first homes ready, with June 1 announced as the initial move-in date.
A surprise tower crane has been added to Chicago’s skies, as the University of Illinois Chicago erected a tower crane over the weekend on the Near West Side campus. A parking garage is being developed at 1846 West Grenshaw Street by first-time collaborators Hunt Development Group and Lincoln Property Company. Gensler is the design architect for the project, with Turner Construction Company performing general contractor duties.
An official opening has been held for the new Chicago Fire FC – Endeavor Health Performance Center at 1434 S Loomis Street in the Near West Side. The massive facility replaces much of what was Addams/Medill Park that was also the former home of four CHA complexes demolished in 2007. A groundbreaking was originally held mid-2023.
Progress is ongoing for a new entrance at the Racine Blue Line platform on the city’s Near West Side. The station, which lies between the inbound and outbound lanes of the Eisenhower Expressway and is two blocks west of the Morgan Street substation we looked at last week, is part of the CTA’s $3 billion plan to reconstruct the Forest Park Branch of the Blue Line system. The Racine renovation alone, which extends from Racine Avenue to the east to Loomis Street to the west, is estimated to cost approximately $23 million.
