The Chicago City Council has approved the massive Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park on the South Side. Set to replace the long-vacant 400-acre former South Works site, the project is already attracting new investments as IBM has announced a new research center within the campus. With the complex expected to break ground early next year.
Construction progress is ongoing at 1357 West Roosevelt Road on Chicago’s Near West Side. Yesterday, we checked in on progress one block east of here, at 1257 West Roosevelt. Both buildings are part of the Roosevelt Square development from Related Midwest and the Chicago Housing Authority. 1357 West Roosevelt Road was permitted for construction by the City of Chicago back in December 2022, and is not quite as far along in completion. The building is topped out, however, and most of its windows have been installed.
Façade work and window installation is in the home stretch at 1257 West Roosevelt Road, one residential component of the Roosevelt Square development plan on the Near West Side. The six-story building is glazed all around, and only a small portion of the cladding remains to be installed at the rear of the building. Its partner one block west, at 1357 West Roosevelt, is also nearing completion.
Further details and renderings have been revealed as the Chicago Plan Commission has approved the new Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Located on the intersection of S DuSable Lake Shore Drive and E 87th Street on the southern half of the former South Works site, plans were revealed earlier this year to neighborhood concerns.
Additional funding has been approved by the Chicago Community Development Commission for the next phase of the Lathrop Homes redevelopment around 2712 N Hoyne Avenue. Earlier this year we covered the project when it gained funding approval from the CHA, now an additional $25 million in TIF money is on its way towards full city approval.
