One row of glass, just above street level, is making its way around the Thompson Center, as Google renovations continue at Helmut Jahn’s Loop office building. Starting on the corner of Clark and Lake Streets, the glass stretches the entirety of the north façade, then down the west façade along LaSalle Street to Randolph Street. There’s more along the west side of the Randolph facing, and then just a few panes along Clark Street.
A new construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to build six new residential units at 2236 West Cermak Road on the Lower West Side. Issued on March 6, the permit allows an entity named PL 2236 W Cermak Rd LLC to develop a three-story building with a basement and rooftop deck. The approval follows an application date of September 10, 2024, and estimates construction costs at $1.4 million.
Details have been revealed for a residential development at 3102 N Western Avenue just south of Roscoe Village. Located near the triple intersection with W Belmont Avenue and N Clybourn Avenue, the proposal is being led by a local team under the name 3102 North Western LLC. Local architecture firm MC & Associates is working on its design.
The demolition permit issued by the City of Chicago for the residential building at 3729 North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville has been ignored. In a way. What we thought might have been a typo somewhere along the chain of command does indeed appear to have been a simple slip of a digit, and the home that was supposed to be taken down, at 3939 North Clifton, has now been demolished.
A fourth six-unit condominium building has been permitted for construction on the former Twisted Hippo grounds in Irving Park. On March 6, 4353 North Richmond Street got permission to extend the group of homes closer to the corner of Richmond and Montrose Avenue, adding to the three buildings already in progress. Vivi Development is the developer and general contractor.
