Sister Cities: Closer Look At Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Chicago YIMBY continues its Sister Cities series with a closer look at a building that innovated when it was built a few years back, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri. Located at 1601 Broadway Boulevard at the end of a visual corridor through the city’s convention center, the structure rises over the landscape atop of a small hill like two sails blowing in the wind. Developer Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation spent multiple years creating the center that was designed by famed architect Moshe Safdie.

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UChicago Medicine Reveals Expanded Plans for Cancer Center in Chicago’s South Side

UChicago Medicine is making progress in its efforts to construct a new free-standing cancer center in Hyde Park. The proposed facility, which was announced in February 2022, has undergone significant changes since then, including an increase in size and cost. The revised proposal now includes a total area of 575,000 square feet and an estimated cost of $815 million, up from the original estimates of $633 million and 500,000 square feet.

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Cassidy on Canal

New 33-Story Cassidy on Canal Reaches Fourth Floor in Fulton River District

Structural work has passed the fourth floor for a new 33-story mixed-use tower known as “Cassidy on Canal” in Fulton River District. The 375-foot-tall structure, situated at 344 N Canal Street, will feature 343 apartments on its upper floors, alongside ground-floor retail space. The project is a collaboration between The Habitat Company and Diversified Real Estate Capital LLC.

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City Council Approves 455 W Briar Place In Lake View East

The Chicago City Council has approved the residential development at 453-455 W Briar Place in Lake View East. Located on a quiet one-way street near the intersection with N Broadway, the building will replace a pair of single-family homes built in the early 1900s. News on the project broke back in December as it brought in a unique design language not often seen in newer developments, this was led by SGW Architecture who is contracted by the site’s developer GVP Development.

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Salesforce Tower Chicago (center)

Salesforce Tower Approaches Completion in River North

The new illuminated signage can be seen atop Chicago’s Salesforce Tower, a 60-story mixed-use skyscraper located at 333 W Wolf Point Plaza in River North. Developed by Hines in partnership with the Joseph P. Kennedy Family, the tower serves as the third and final phase of the Wolf Point masterplan. Standing at a height of 850 feet, the tower makes a substantial appearance on the northwest corner of the skyline, particularly when viewed from the southeast along the Kennedy Expressway.

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