Initial plans have been revealed for the new Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on the southern half of the former South Works site. Located on the intersection of S DuSable Lake Shore Drive and E 87th Street, the campus was announced this week after a multi-state selection process. Anchoring the complex will be California-based PsiQuantum.
The Robert R. McCormick Leadership and Economic Opportunity Center has topped out on concrete, and now awaits its second phase of construction. This three-story, 85,000-square-foot facility at 6623 S Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is bringing a multi-use community center to the Woodlawn neighborhood.
A three-story masonry building, the last-standing building of the Jane Addams Homes, is being converted into the National Public Housing Museum on Taylor Street in Little Italy. A joint effort by Related Midwest and the Chicago Housing Authority, the renovation is part of Roosevelt Square Phase 3B which we featured last week.
Related Midwest hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, June 17, at the construction site of 400 Lake Shore, their new two-tower residential development in Streeterville. Repurposing the former Chicago Spire site, the 72-story North Tower is currently under construction; the South Tower will follow. The North Tower will deliver 635 residential units, with 20% of them set aside as affordable.
Roosevelt Square Phase 3B, a 67-unit apartment building from the Chicago Housing Authority and Related Midwest, has topped out in the Little Italy neighborhood. Located at 1002 S Racine Avenue, the six-story building has its windows in place and is now awaiting the start of exterior cladding.
