The fifth of six tower crane jumps was completed over the weekend at the 400 Lake Shore North Tower in Streeterville. Five more 20-foot sections were added to the rig Sunday after the Morrow Equipment Company crew spent their Saturday anchoring a new tie-in on the 56th floor.
A vacant lot on the southeast corner of North Kedvale and West Pierce Avenues in West Humboldt Park will be empty no longer, thanks to a building permit issued on November 14. The city is allowing the construction of a three-story plus basement, three-unit structure at 1511 North Kedvale Avenue, once the home of a modest frame church demolished some 15 years ago.
Chicago’s City Council has approved revised plans for a residential development at 5056 North Ashland Avenue in Ravenswood. Located at the corner of West Carmen Avenue near Andersonville, the proposal will replace a vacant lot as well as two single-family homes. The project was first revealed this summer and has since gone through community feedback.
With the podium levels all poured, the residential tower at 370 North Morgan is now headed vertical in the Fulton Market District. With the podium now complete, you can see the setbacks of the tower, one on the south façade and one on the north, that will give the finished building the appearance of two rectangular structures.
A local LLC has received permission to build a pair of three-flat residences in the 4500 block of South Prairie Avenue in Grand Boulevard. PCZ Properties LLC applied for permits at 4545 and 4547 South Prairie on September 8, and they both came through November 14 with reported costs of $450,000 apiece.
