Updated Details Revealed For McKinley Park RFP

Further details and renderings have been revealed for the finalist of the Central Manufacturing District RFP. Located at 1769 W Pershing Road in McKinley Park just west of the intersection with S Ashland Avenue, we last covered the project in January as the city narrowed it down to three finalists with mixed-use proposals featuring everything from housing to movie studios on the multi-site lot. The Chicago Department of Planning and Development is leading the selection process with the bids being presented earlier this week at a community meeting.

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1114 W Carroll Avenue

Full Permit Issued for 1114 W Carroll Avenue in Fulton Market

A ful building permit has now been issued for 1114 W Carroll Avenue, a 34-story mixed-use high rise in Fulton Market. The 379-foot project is being developed by Trammell Crow Company and will replace a former truck rental center and parking lot at the corner of Carroll Avenue and May Street. The site is located adjacently north of 315 N May Street, a 410-foot, primarily office tower that is expected to break ground this year.

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Mixed-Use Proposal Announced For 135 N Des Plaines In West Loop Gate

Plans have been revealed for a mixed-use development at 135 N Des Plaines Street in West Loop Gate. Located on the southeast corner with W Randolph Street and replacing a surface parking lot, the new proposal will bring added residential units to the interstitial neighborhood which has seen other small scale proposals filling in the remaining gaps in the area. Developer Rogers Park Holdings LLC has not disclosed who their architect is, but the project was revealed via Alderman Reilly’s newsletter.

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