A permit issued by the city on June 8 allows a local non-profit developer to erect a three-story multi-unit residence at 4205 West Fifth Avenue in West Garfield Park. The permit’s application start date is February 27, coming through with a reported cost of $400,000 101 days later. Developer TechCo Savvy Inc. will perform their own general contracting duties.
Further details and renderings have been revealed for the upcoming hospital tower at 333 East Huron Street in Streeterville. Set to replace one of the largest vacant lots downtown, the new tower will be an expansion of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and would add to the hospital’s cancer facilities as well as overall bed-count.
Construction work has risen through the fourth floor on the first phase of Evergreen Garden at 2128 North Tan Court in Chinatown. Levels two through four appear to be propped up on stilts, as the first floor, which will contain amenity spaces, a community lounge, offices, covered parking, and bicycle storage, remains unencumbered by walls. The upper floors are enclosed and have window openings.
Initial details have been revealed for the upcoming residential conversion of the existing office building at 209 West Jackson Boulevard in The Loop. Also known as the McKinlock Building, the structure sits on the corner with South Wells Street and has suffered a similar fate as many surrounding buildings, with low office occupancy rates post-pandemic.
Last week was a busy one for The 1901 Project on the city’s Near West Side. The Blackhawks and Bulls hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for the development, which got started on the Phase 1 parking garage this spring. On Tuesday, the day before ceremonial shovels dug into the ceremonial trough of dirt, a permit was issued to begin caisson work on the music hall replacing the former K parking lot at South Damen Avenue and West Adams Street, situated just south of the parking garage work site.
