Plans for a new residential development at 940 West Erie Street have been approved by the Chicago City Council. The property sits at the angled intersection with North Milwaukee Avenue in River West, creating a wedge-shaped site. To make way for the project, two three-story buildings along with the adjacent vacant lot and parking lot will be demolished.
The tower crane count we highlighted earlier this week has already been rendered irrelevant with the discovery that the west tower crane at McDonald’s Park has already been taken down. The big yellow crawler crane once mistaken for the second tower crane is still in operation over on the west side of the Chicago Fire’s new soccer stadium to do the remainder of the heavy lifting. This all makes us wonder if the east crane will be similarly short-lived once progress on the first level has worked its way 360 degrees around the park.
Very initial details have been revealed for a brand new multi-building lab testing and education complex at roughly 356 East Garfield Boulevard in Washington Park. Located at the intersection with Martin Luther King Drive and bound by the CTA Green Line Garfield station to the west, the project would replace a series of vacant lots along with a small parking lot.
There is no longer a tower crane at 2305 South State Street on the Near South Side, as the newest phase of the Southbridge development has topped out and dropped its rig. But there is some fresh glass on the building, interspersed with gray panels in varying shades, with the exterior skin now wrapping around the second floor. That patterning will continue up the structure’s 12 stories.
A potential start date has been announced for the upcoming Foundry Park megadevelopment on the edge of Lincoln Park. The date comes as the project received full approval for its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) from the Chicago City Council late last month. This will allow developers JDL and Kayne Anderson to finalize funding for phase one.
