A groundbreaking was held for the first concourse of the massive expansion of O’Hare International Airport, now known as ORDNext. The ceremony was attended by local officials and comes after months of site prep work ahead of foundation work. With this, also came a new timeline for the project that differs from the last time we covered the project.
Initial work has commenced on the upcoming reconstruction of the CTA State and Lake station in The Loop. Located next to the famed Chicago Theatre, the popular station serves as a connection to all lines except the Yellow and Blue Lines—the latter of which is just one block away. Plans for the station were announced in 2021 and have been in development since.
Six more sections were added to the 400 Lake Shore tower crane in Streeterville over the Memorial Day weekend, as the construction team of LR Contracting, BOWA Construction, and Goebel Forming continue their work on the rising apartment tower. Including the first crane jump in April, 12 new sections have now been added to the workhorse Liebherr 420 EC-H 16 rig.
The 400 Lake Shore North Tower continues its rise into the Chicago skyline, while panels of glass make progress of their own up all four façades of the building. As of the final week of April 2025, concrete had been poured up to level 19, and the fourth level of window wall was nearing completion.
The first week of April 2025 has already been a month of milestones at 400 Lake Shore in the Near North Side’s Streeterville neighborhood. Over the weekend, the construction team jumped the tower crane, adding six new sections to extend its height. On Monday, the first panels of glass, the ones visible Sunday inside the lower few floors of the tower, were installed on the north façade of the third level above ground.
