166 N Aberdeen Street

166 N Aberdeen Street Places 20th in Chicago YIMBY’s Year-End Countdown

Coming in at spot number 20 in our year-end countdown of tallest construction projects is 166 N Aberdeen Street, a new mixed-use high rise near the western end of the Fulton Market District. Rising 241 feet to the top of its elevator overrun, the 21-story building has been planned by MCZ Development, and will provide ground-level retail and 224 total apartments. Replacing the now-demolished Fabbri Sausage Factory, the project recently broke ground and erected its tower crane.

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1066 N Paulina Street

New Permits Issued for 1066 N Paulina Street in West Town

Permits were issued yesterday for a new three-story residential building at West Town‘s 1066 N Paulina Street. The lot is currently occupied by a two-story frame residence. The permit owner is listed as 1066 Paulina LLC and plans indicate that the scope of the project will include three total units, a basement level, a rooftop deck with an enclosed staircase, and a detached three-car garage with its own rooftop deck.

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4600 N Kenmore Avenue. Rendering by Level Architecture

4600 N Kenmore Avenue Reaches Second Floor in Uptown

Since September’s update, structural work has risen by a floor for a new mid-rise building at 4600 N Kenmore Avenue in Uptown. The five-story building has been planned by Cedar St. Companies, whose planned programming will come with 2,500 square feet of ground-level retail and 62 rental units on the upper four floors. The development also encompasses a former bank building located adjacently west. This two-story masonry structure resides under the separate address of 1050 W Wilson Avenue, and will serve as a new performance venue for Double Door Music.

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