The Chicago Tribune Freedom Center gets closer to oblivion with each passing day, just as Bally’s Chicago Casino gets closer to beginning construction. The dramatic demolition scene continues to play out at Halsted Street and Chicago Avenue in West Town, as Brandenburg Industrial Services reduces the former newspaper-printing plant to rubble.
A permit for renovation and alteration work has been issued for a residential building at 4533 South Laflin Street in Back of the Yards. The permit was issued on December 11, taking 106 days to…
The Committee on Zoning has now approved the residential conversion of the historic Millinery Mart at 65 E Wacker Place in The Loop. Sitting right by the river and home to Morton’s The Steakhouse on its ground floor, efforts for the project are being led by local developer Mavrek Development.
The glass curtain wall is being installed at the topped-out 220 North Ada residential tower on Chicago’s Near West Side. Thanksgiving week saw the first level of windows go up on the building as high-rise development continues to push its way further west in the West Loop. A tower crane permit issued last week indicates that construction could begin very soon just a couple blocks north at 400 North Elizabeth, while the 368-unit Flora apartment tower at 1114 West Carroll Avenue just opened in mid-October.
1208 West Wellington Avenue, a new three-story, four-dwelling unit residential building, has been approved in Lake View. When complete, the property will feature a roof deck with roof access and a rear stair. In addition, project work will result in the construction of a detached four-vehicle garage with a roof deck and pergolas.
