Construction permits were officially issued on Monday for ‘Sarah’s on Lakeside,’ the upcoming residential housing development for homeless women located at 4737 N Sheridan Road in Uptown. As YIMBY pre ...

Ryan Cos. US Inc. has started construction on Vyne on Haven, a 200-unit, transit-oriented apartment community in downtown Elmhurst, Ill. The six-story, 320,000-sq. ft. building will be completed in 20 ...

Construction on the Northwestern Medicine Advanced Outpatient Care Center in Old Irving Park has surpassed the first floor, with work now underway on the second level. Located at 4445 W Irving Park Ro ...

Permits were issued last week for the removal of a three-story commercial building located at 5813 N Milwaukee Avenue in Jefferson Park. Jane Healy has been listed as the permit owner. The existing st ...

Construction on the 10-story Clarendale Six Corners development is nearing completion in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood. The mixed-use project includes 18,000 square feet of ground-level retail s ...

The front-facing street wall is undergoing final facade installation at CA6, Belgravia’s seven-story condominium development in West Loop. The development is set to house 72 total residences and is lo ...

The Committee on Design has reviewed Thrive Exchange, a mixed-use development planned for 7901 S. Exchange. As the winner of a recent Invest South/West RFP, the project will reactivate the intersectio ...

Steel is quickly reaching its pinnacle height for the new Rush Specialty Hospital at 516 S Loomis Street in Little Italy. This new building is the next step in the Rush University Medical Campus expan ...

Updated details have been revealed for a community arts center at 1353 E 72nd Street in Greater Grand Crossing. Located just west of the intersection with S Dorchester Avenue, the project will rehabil ...

Texas-based developer Trammell Crow has purchased the land for their approved project at 1112 W. Carroll and 315 N. May. Recently announced by The Real Deal, public records show the developer paid $77 ...

AIA Chicago has announced the finalists for their Design Excellence Awards. Spanning architectural and interior architectural projects around the world designed by Chicago architects, the organizers i ...

Structural beams for 1020 W Randolph Street in Fulton Market District are now reaching their final height. This five-story mixed-use development by L3 Capital will have ground-floor retail and boutiqu ...

Ryan Companies US Inc. has announced the start of construction on Vyne on Haven, its 200-unit, transit-oriented apartment community at 102 Haven Road in downtown Elmhurst, Illlinois. Representatives f ...

New information has been revealed on the sale of two historical structures at 29 E Ohio Street and 619 N Wabash Avenue in River North. Located on opposite corners of each other and across the street f ...

601W Companies has landed a $215 million loan to redevelop an office building in Chicago, Ill. Commercial Observer has learned.  Lionheart Strategic Management originated a $67.6 million investment in ...

Construction at 808 N Cleveland Avenue is progressing at a rapid pace in Near North Side. The 23-story mixed-use tower is quickly reaching its full height, and the structural work is almost finished. ...

U.S. transportation officials have announced $2.2 billion for local infrastructure projects including new bridges, roads, bike lanes, railways and ports in communities across the country. Funding incl ...

The Committee on Design has reviewed the Bella Noir Wellness Hub. Planned for a block-long site at 601 E. 47th, the project will redevelop a vacant property into a mixed-use hub that will eliminate co ...

The Loop‘s newest skyscraper, 300 N Michigan Avenue, is now complete. The 47-story mixed-use tower developed by Sterling Bay and Magellan Development Group features a retail base, a 280-key citizenM h ...

Brinshore Development recently celebrated the groundbreaking of Stephens Commons, their long-planned affordable senior housing project in Uptown. Located at 833 W. Wilson, the project site is currentl ...

The ever-growing Fulton Market district is now seeing another new addition, as construction has begun for a 19-story mixed-use building at 210 N Aberdeen Street. The 214-foot-tall structure, planned b ...

Structural work on HUGO, LG Development‘s two-building project in River North, has now surpassed the third-floor mark. The development, comprising of two separate buildings at 751 N Hudson Avenue and  ...

A full building permit has been issued for a new residential development at 3817 N. Ashland. Fronting N. Ashland Ave, the project site is bound by two alleyways. Developer Mavrek Development will demo ...

Initial caisson and foundation preparation can be seen for a 16-story commercial building at 311 W Huron Street in River North. This upcoming retail and office building, planned by North Wells Capital ...

VISTA Property broke ground yesterday on 741 N. Wells, a new mixed-use multifamily rental building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Designed by Antunovich Associates, the 21-story, 201,000-squar ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced this week that her administration’s plan to purchase clean, renewable energy for all city-owned facilities and operations by 2025 will move ahead following the f ...

Under the new name “Cadence,” metal paneling is now being installed for the 11-story apartment building at 2050 W Ogden Avenue in the Illinois Medical District. The mixed-use development will include ...

The Chicago Department of Planning and Development (CPD) has published a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) regarding the eventual development of land the city currently owns next to the Kedzie Green Li ...

Renderings have emerged for The Nightingale @ IMD, a new residential development planned for a site within the Illinois Medical District. Originally revealed by Urbanize back in December 2021, the pro ...

Structural beams are approaching the final height for a new six-story residential building at 6 N Carpenter Street in West Loop. Real estate developer ZSD has planned for a total of 13 condominiums ra ...

LG Development recently celebrated the groundbreaking of 210 N. Aberdeen. Planned on an irregularly shaped site that reaches to N. May St to the west and down to W. Lake St to the south, the project w ...

The Peoria-Chicago rail project is now closer to its development stage after the results of its feasibility study were announced. Patrick Engineering prepared the feasibility study on behalf of the Il ...

Matteson is landing another large warehouse center, with a Texas-based company that builds more than 10 million square feet of industrial space across the country every year underway constructing a 76 ...

Sterling Bay‘s bioscience-oriented office building known as ALLY at 1229 W Concord Place is currently undergoing final facade installation, marking a major milestone for the project as it nears comple ...

NEAR WEST SIDE — Five years and two groundbreaking celebrations later, construction on the highly anticipated Green Line stop at Lake Street and Damen Avenue will break ground later this month, offici ...

Developer Sterling Bay is set to begin construction of Chicago’s first mass timber building, a nine-story, apartment tower in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. If approved by City Council, the $50 millio ...

The Chicago City Council has approved a landmark designation for the Monumental Baptist Church. Located at 729 E. Oakwood Boulevard in Bronzeville, the church was originally built in 1899 by architect ...

The Chicago City Council has approved funding for Sarah’s Circle's latest project, located at 4737 N. Sheridan. Set to replace a portion of a surface parking lot, Sarah’s Circle has partnered with Bri ...

Next up in our Speaker in the Spotlight series is Jonathan Metzl, Executive Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield.   1. What's your favourite project that you've ever worked on and why? 1st major d ...

Google will be the primary occupant at Chicago’s James R. Thompson Center, after the State of Illinois sold the building for $105 million. The Thompson Center is currently a public building housing nu ...

Proposals for renovations of Soldier Field were presented, following a report from the Museum Campus Working Group. “An improved Soldier Field will deliver a world-class visitor experience,” said Mayo ...

The new amenity clubhouse at Bronzeville‘s Prairie Shores residential complex has seen the completion of its new two-story amenity clubhouse. The building is the centerpiece of extensive renovation wo ...

Construction is set to begin on the Covent Hotel redevelopment this September after years of planning and approval hurdles. Originally proposed back in 2016, the project at 2653 N. Clark will reuse th ...

Foundation construction can be seen taking shape at 3501 N Halsted Street in Lakeview East, set to give rise to a new five-story mixed-use building. The facility will be a new hub for Howard Brown Hea ...

The Chicago City Council has approved the rezoning for 3310 N. Lincoln. Located just north of the intersection of N. Lincoln Ave and W. School St, the project’s site is an irregularly shaped lot front ...

A draft of the We Will Chicago framework plan has been released, offering an initial look at what would be the first citywide plan in more than 50 years. As previously reported “We Will Chicago” is th ...

First in our 'Speaker in the Spotlight' series we have Lauren Chipman, CEO of Chipman Design Architecture. 1. What is your favourite project that you've ever worked on and why? TimeOut Market Chicago ...

Yesterday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and other city officials commemorated the topping off of the first equitable transit-oriented development (ETOD) on Chicago’s South Side. Located at 4308 S Calumet Aven ...

Google has announced its agreement to buy the Thompson Center, a move that is set to potentially revitalize the Loop after big tenants moved out to new towers and the pandemic led to office space cuts ...

City Council has approved $6 million in TIF funding and a land sale for Englewood Connect. Located at 6204 S. Green behind the Englewood Square redevelopment, the project site is currently vacant land ...

Alderman Cappleman has announced that 3636 N Lake Shore Drive in Lake View East will commence construction during the fourth quarter of this year. The developer for this mixed-use proposal is City Clu ...

Core construction has reached its full height for a 41-story, 440-unit tower known as “The Reed” at 234 W Polk Street in South Loop. Developed by Lendlease, the tower is the second residential buildin ...

Sterling Bay secured $206 million of financing for a mixed-use office project in Chicago’s Fulton Market, which it broke ground on earlier this month. The firm scored the loan from Little Rock, Arkans ...

Alderman Cappleman has announced that developer City Club Apartments plans to begin construction on 3636 N. Lake Shore Drive later this year during Q4. Poised to fill a plot of empty land along N. Lak ...

Following early morning news that the sale of the James R. Thompson Center was nearly finalized, Google has revealed itself as the future new tenant of the iconic, Helmut Jahn–designed office building ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved Thrive Englewood, a mixed-use affordable development at 914 W. 63rd. Currently vacant, the irregularly shaped site is located at the corner of W. 63rd St and W ...

A foundation permit has been issued for 741 N. Wells. Fronting N. Wells St, the project site reaches to W. Chicago Ave with a historic masonry structure at 755 N. Wells that will be retained. Develope ...

This week Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced three major overhaul ideas for the city’s historic Solider Field, including two proposals that fully rebuild the NFL venue’s endzones to support a dome ...

The University of Illinois will purchase an existing building in Springfield for the new home of the UIS Innovation Center. The three-story, 26,400-sq, ft, building near the Illinois State Capitol wil ...

The City Council has passed the Connected Communities Ordinance. Designed to stimulate equitable development near transit, the ordinance will catalyze investment near transit, make streets safer for a ...

A caisson and foundation permit has been issued for the RIU Plaza Hotel Chicago at 150 E. Ontario. Vacant for more than ten years, the project site is an infill site off of N Michigan Avenue. The midb ...

The basement level of the University of Illinois Chicago’s new computer science building can be seen taking shape at 900 W Taylor Street in Little Italy. The five-story structure, known as the Compute ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the mixed-use development at 640 W. Irving Park. Conceived by KGiles LLC and CA Ventures, the development is located along N Marine Drive, between W Irving Par ...

Demolition permits have been issued for a series of sites to clear the way for 232 W. Chestnut. As part of the southernmost block of North Union, the parcels will face the corner of W. Chestnut St and ...

Bally’s Corporation presented their plans for the temporary casino at Medinah Temple to the public earlier this week. As part of their winning casino bid, Bally’s will be operating a temporary casino ...

Glass installation for the 60-story Salesforce Tower at 333 W Wolf Point Plaza is nearly complete. The 850-foot-tall, office-oriented skyscraper by Hines is approaching its anticipated 2023 completion ...

JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has arranged the $59.8 million construction financing for 741 North Wells, a shovel-ready, 21-story, 168-unit, Class-A multi-housing project with 3,580 squa ...

A full building permit has been issued for the construction of Madison + Carpenter. Located at 6 N. Carpenter St, the project sits on a corner parcel facing W Madison St and N Carpenter St. The develo ...

Structural steel has reached its full height for a three-story addition to Wrigley Field in Lake View, having been co-planned by the Chicago Cubs and Marquee Development. Connected to the original sta ...

Caisson permits have been issued for the planned mixed-use development at 626 S Wabash Avenue in South Loop. YIMBY reported on the project in August 2021 under the address 630 S Wabash Avenue. The pro ...

In Midwestern cities, airports are car intensive. They are increasingly ringed by parking structures—and not attractive ones. Thankfully, this can change. The new Silver Ramp at the Minneapolis-St. Pa ...

Nearly $50 million in Community Development Grants have been announced to support 79 economic development projects planned for local neighborhoods. The deadline to apply for the final round of grants ...

Cream City residents have been treated with a first look at the design of the $240 million new Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) planned for a 2.4-acre site at the corner of Sixth and Vliet in the city’s ...

Housing Trust Group has broken ground on Crescent Place, a new $18.2 million affordable housing community in Arlington Heights. The project team for Crescent Place includes general contractor Henry Br ...

Sterling Bay has broken ground on their most recent office development at 360 N. Green. With a foundation permit issued for the construction, the project recently broke ground with Taylor Excavating a ...

Demolition and site clearing work is now underway for a 25-story mixed-use tower at 868 N Wells Street, the second building in the broader “North Union” scheme set to transform the north end of Chicag ...

The Committee on Design has reviewed the two-tower office plan for 655 W. Madison. Located along the Kennedy Expressway, the project site is a full-block lot bound by W. Madison St, N. Desplaines St, ...

The Permit Review Committee has approved plans to convert the former Immaculata High School at 640 W Irving Park Road in Uptown for residential use. As previously reported, the redevelopment efforts a ...

Originally revealed by Urbanize last month, the multi-tower development surrounding the former Salvation Army building, now dubbed NOMA, has been reviewed by the Committee on Design. The mixed-use pro ...

After Urbanize’s reveal of plans for a mixed-use development at 1649 N. Halsted, a recent community meeting has shed light on the project. Led by Draper and Kramer, the project will replace the shutte ...

Construction on a Lincoln Hub streetscaping project will improve safety at a six-way intersection in Lakeview. The project, expected to completed next summer, will include full-width resurfacing, new ...

Chicago-based McHugh Construction announces it has started vertical construction on a new five-story healthcare facility and medical office at 3501 N. Halsted St. for Howard Brown Health, the Midwest’ ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot took her affordable housing plan a step further in late June, requesting an additional $69 million in funds — this comes after a $1 billion investment in the program from ...

A total of 87 parks across Illinois will share $30.3 million in grants for projects that will help communities acquire open space and develop and improve recreational facilities throughout Illinois. “ ...

National, state and local leaders gathered at Chicago Union Station recently to support the Chicago Union Station Access Project, which will transform passenger rail in the region. The $418 million pr ...

Developers GSP Development and Golub & Company have presented updated plans for their new mixed-use development at 301 S. Green. Located at the corner of W. Jackson Blvd and S. Green St. the project s ...

The Chicago City Council has approved the rezoning bid for the upcoming development at 5050 S Prairie Avenue in Grand Boulevard. As previously reported, the site is located at the corner of S Prairie ...

A lofty proposal to redevelop Chicago’s Museum Campus proposes increasing the 57-acre park complex’s accessibility and connectivity to the greater metropolitan area and connecting the myriad cultural ...

The John Buck Company has revealed plans for a proposed two-tower office development at 655 W. Madison. Conceived for a full-block site along the Kennedy Expressway, the new proposal would replace an ...

The Chicago City Council has approved the rezoning for a new low-rise structure at 151 N. Michigan. Planned for a small site overlooking Millennium Park, the parcel sits at the intersection of W. Rand ...

onstruction of the second stage of the River North Chicago mixed-use complex can now begin. This is because a complete building permit has been issued to North Wells Capital for the development of the ...

The Chicago City Council has approved a planned mixed-use development at 9200 S. Burley. Planned by Interfaith Housing Development Corporation and Claretian Associates, the project site sits at the so ...

Another residential build is coming to the West Loop. Riverside Investment & Development is partnering with Blue Star Properties to co-develop a 14-story building with plans for 198 units to be locate ...

Excavators, bulldozers, and graters have converged on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield as the Illinois Department of Agriculture kicks off a $58.1 million capital investment addressing ye ...

Chicago-based McHugh Construction has started vertical construction on a new five-story healthcare facility and medical office for Howard Brown Health, the Midwest’s largest LGBTQ healthcare organizat ...

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) Board announced $75 million in federal funds for affordable housing developments that may have otherwise not been built due t ...

The AIA has appointed Kimberly Dowdell as president of the organisation, making her the first Black female architect to lead the institution. Dowdell, who works as a principal at HOK in Chicago, was c ...

Much of Chicago’s office market remains stuck in the doldrums, but another economic engine has come to life, ready to remake the city into a hub for advanced industry and research. New towers dedicate ...

A joint venture led by CRG, the national real estate development and investment arm of Clayco, and Shapack Partners, the Fulton Market-based real estate development company that acquires, repositions, ...

Facade installation can be seen making substantial progress for the new life sciences center known as ALLY at 1229 W Concord, the first building in Sterling Bay’s 55-acre Lincoln Yards mega-developmen ...

The Chicago City Council has approved Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s selection of Bally’s Tribune Center casino bid at 777 W Chicago Avenue in River West. Replacing the vacant printing plant, the decision com ...

Initial plans have been revealed for a new residential project at 4701 N Clark Street in Uptown. Located just north of the intersection with W Leland Avenue near the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery on ...

Now standing its final height of 850 feet, the 60-story Salesforce Tower in River North has now removed its tower crane. Well on track to reach completion by next year, this glassy skyscraper at 333 W ...

Ballard Marine Construction is soliciting subcontractor bids and materials quotes from subcontractors and suppliers, including minority-owned, women-owned, veteran-owned, LGBT-owned, disability-owned, ...

Updated details have been revealed for the North Union megadevelopment in the Near North Side. The 8.1-acre site is bound by the CTA Brown Line tracks to the west, W Hill Street to the north, N Wells ...

Mars Wrigley has unveiled plans for its $40 million global research and development hub in Chicago. Construction is set to begin this summer and is slated to be completed by 2023. “Mars has made Chica ...

A gambling complex in Chicago’s River West is now officially Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s pick for the city’s long-awaited casino license — an endeavor that could boost Chicago’s finances, factor into the c ...

This past week on Arbor Day Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot unveiled the City of Chicago’s newest tree initiative. According to the press release the city will plant 75,000 trees over the next five years. The ...

Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, is expanding its massive $1 billion data center under construction in DeKalb to nearly 2.4 million square feet, putting the college town west o ...

Construction has now passed the halfway mark for a 41-story residential building known as The Reed, located at 234 W Polk Street in South Loop. Developed by Lendlease, the building is the second of fo ...

Potential groundbreaking have been announced for two Fulton Market projects after securing the land sale and anchor tenants this week. The two projects in question are the life sciences building at 40 ...

Chicago-based Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. (MGA) says it has acquired an approximately 1.5-acre parcel of land at 400 N. Elizabeth St. in the Fulton Market neighborhood, where it will begin constru ...

Initial details have been revealed to the Committee on Design for a residential development at 301 S Green Street in the West Loop. Located on the south east corner W Jackson Boulevard, the new high r ...

Developer Newcastle Limited recently presented an updated design for 210 N. Morgan. Located midblock between W. Lake St and W. Fulton Market, the site is currently occupied by a single-story masonry b ...

Structured Development has received its last remaining foundation permit for its Shops at Big Deahl masterplan. Under the address 1475 N Kingsbury Street, the greenlit 27-story tower will serve as the ...

Commercial real estate services provider Ryan Companies US, Inc. says has opened a new downtown office at 224 North Desplaines in the West Loop. The 6,500-sq. ft. space accommodates approximately 35 f ...

An apartment construction boom is underway in Chicago’s West Loop.  At present, 9,065 new apartments are planned for the district, more than all other downtown neighbourhoods combined, appraisal and c ...

Updated renderings and details have been released for two of the five casino bids hoping to win as the city progresses to select a winner later this year. As plans continue to be flushed out leading u ...

As the city progresses towards selecting a winner of the highly-scrutinized casino deal, more renderings and information have been revealed on the complexities of utilizing some of the city’s existing ...

Structural work has now passed the ninth floor for the 41-story residential tower known as The Reed, located directly north of River City Apartments in South Loop. Under the address 234 W Polk Street, ...

Tan brickwork can now be seen along the exterior walls of a new two-story amenity clubhouse at 2937 S Martin Luther King Drive, part of Bronzeville‘s Prairie Shores apartment complex. The co-developer ...

Chicago has issued a $43 million building permit to renovate an apartment building at 2300 N. Lincoln Park W.   The permit says the work is for “renovation of floors 2 – 17 (2nd to 16th stories per CZ ...

McHugh Construction says it has started vertical construction on Platform 4611, a nine-story mixed-use development at 4611 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.   Chicago issued a $43 million ...

The sale of a onetime epicenter of the Chicago Board of Trade to ComEd underscores how times have changed in technology and investing. In a property deal that marks a literal power transfer, an old hu ...

ComEd has announced plans to redevelop the existing trading building at 333 S LaSalle Street in The Loop. Located on the corner with W Van Buren Street, the low-rise building is adjacent to the Board ...

RIU Hotels & Resorts says it “has snapped up a well-located plot in the heart of the Windy City” with a view to creating a four-star property with a sky bar on the 26th floor. The land at 150 East Ont ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved a new affordable residential development at 833 W Wilson Avenue in Uptown. Developer Brinshore Development LLC has partnered with Landon Bone Baker Architect, ...

With a demolition permit approved this past Wednesday, equipment can be seen at the future site of 160 N Morgan Street, a 29-story mixed-use high rise planned for West Loop’s Fulton Market District. D ...

Crews broke ground last week on the first two of three buildings that will bring affordable condos to the Near North Side. Development firm Structured Development started work on the first two buildin ...

The year is nearly over but it’s safe to say that 2021 is one that will be remembered by commercial real estate professionals for many years to come. As developers rush to complete new projects and pr ...

The project uses modular construction, previously applied here in single-family homes, to cut costs and bring home ownership within reach for working couples and families. Advocates for affordable hou ...

Updated plans have been revealed for the Englewood Connect Invest South/West development in Englewood. The winning project for the RFP was selected earlier this year and is now back with updated phasi ...

Developers have secured construction financing to build a $155 million mixed-use project on the site of the former Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood. Tucker Development, with equity partner AECOM-Canyon Par ...

Huge transportation projects planned in Illinois for years could finally be built, and innovations only dreamed of may now be considered, officials say, thanks to the new federal infrastructure progra ...

  New renderings and details have been revealed for the multiple casino bids in the city spread across various sites in the city. Elaborating on the initial information, we now have further numbers fr ...

Both core and structural work continue to rise at 354 N Union Avenue in Fulton River District, where Onni Development Group has planned a 33-story residential tower. This 410-foot-tall edifice will yi ...

Bowa Construction has been selected by Related Midwest to build a $212 million, 43-story apartment tower in the Fulton Market District. The developer asserts that this is the first time a minority-own ...

The partnership between Related Midwest, LR Contracting Company and BOWA Construction will deliver one of Chicago’s first 80/20 buildings and the City’s first high-rise with a minority-led general con ...

  The Chicago City Council has approved the rezoning for a new medical building and future expansion at 1400 W Harrison Street in the Illinois Medical District. Bound by W Harrison Street to the south ...

The long-awaited project would bring affordable housing and new stores to vacant land on West 79th Street. After months of often heated community discussions, Auburn Gresham residents learned Wednesda ...

Last month, a new four-story commercial building opened at 1111 W Addison Street, less than a minute walk west from Wrigley Field in Lake View. Planned by West Addison Development, the roughly 60,000 ...

Construction employment in Illinois continues to rebound well and the state overall ranks highly nationally in how it has performed during the COVID-19 pandemic. While many states reported often shock ...

A full completion and move-ins are fast approaching for the new 47-story condominium tower known as Cirrus, situated at Lakeshore East‘s 211 N Harbor Drive. Developed by Lendlease and Magellan, the 35 ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved two projects bringing a total of three new towers to the ever-growing West Loop. Both projects have recently gone through design updates after receiving feedba ...

As construction progresses at Emmett Street Apartments, the all-affordable housing development near the Logan Square Blue Line station is getting a new name and artwork in honor of the neighborhood’s ...

Exterior walls have begun installation at The Gateway Apartments, an 11-story mixed-use building that recently topped out in the Illinois Medical District. Located at 2050 W Ogden Avenue, the project ...

Extended funding for the redevelopment of the remaining parcels of the former Cabrini-Green homes has been approved by the Community Development Commission in Near North Side. The first of the two sep ...

Chicago Build Expo is set to return to McCormick Place next spring! The leading free-to-attend construction and design show for the Midwest will be back on March 31 & April 1 in 2022 and will be bigge ...

Greystar has broken ground on a 21-story development in Chicago’s Fulton Market area. The company is working with architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz to complete the community by March 2023. The develop ...

With nearly all of its glazing installed, the 50-story skyscraper at 320 S Canal Street, aka BMO Tower, can now be seen in its final form along the Chicago skyline. Co-developed by Riverside Investmen ...

Landmark Development has revealed further details for the first phase of its One Central mega-development, which will cap the rail tracks in the Near South Side. Although often considered the most amb ...

As construction wraps up on downtown's massive One Chicago project, work is ready to begin across the street on an ambitious makeover of the former Lawson House YMCA. On Wednesday, Holsten Real Estate ...

Metra has unveiled preliminary plans for a new station and rail flyover for the growing West Loop area. The neighborhood has seen some of the fastest growth of any in Chicago with population numbers n ...

In an attempt to combat gentrification and displacement near The 606, the city is supporting a dense, ground up 100 percent affordable housing project proposal: the three building development known as ...

Work is now underway for a new five-story educational building at 900 W Taylor Street, located near the southern edge of The University of Illinois Chicago‘s main campus. The new 135,000-square-foot f ...

The 7-story condo development known as 1400 Monroe is ready to welcome residents just over a year after breaking ground in summer 2020. The 38-unit project is currently 75 percent sold with the remain ...

Nearly all exterior paneling has been installed Nevele22, the seven-story mixed-use building located at 1122 W Chicago Avenue in West Town. A development by Lipe Property Company, the building’s 97,00 ...

Developers CIM Group and Golub&Company have revealed the first tenant for the recently renovated Tribune Tower: Chicago's own Museum of Ice Cream! The development consists of luxury condos with a reta ...

Construction of PLSN Condos at 816-832 W Cullerton Street in Pilsen has fully completed. It's a four-building mixed-use development that has replaced a previously vacant parking lot.  The project prov ...

Work is ready to get underway on a 22-story rental tower at the southeast corner of Damen Avenue and Congress Parkway in the Illinois Medical District (IMD), as the demand for new rentals in the area ...

The Chicago Parks District has opened a new visitor and nature center at Big Marsh Park in South Deering. Located at 11555 S Stony Island Avenue, the Ford Calumet Environmental Center is one of the la ...

An official groundbreaking at 1229 W. Concord Place is scheduled for October. This will be the first new building of the 55-acre Lincoln Yards megaproject along the north branch of the Chicago River. ...

MCZ Development has planned a new 21-story mixed-used building at 166 N Aberdeen Street (Fulton Market District) and a caisson permit has now been approved. The building will incorporate a combination ...

After years of planning the Obama Presidential Center is officially under construction on Chicago's South Side. Former First Lady Michelle Obama and former President Barack Obama joined Chicago Mayor ...

The Chicago Landmarks Commission has approved the submission of the Ramova Theater located at 3518 S Halsted Street in Bridgeport to the National Historic Register. The theater was designed by Chicago ...

Evergreen Real Estate Group and Structured Development are making notable progress on a collection of three 4-story residential buildings along the 700 block of West Schiller Place on the city's Near ...

The 106-foot-tall structure, designed by Chicago's Landon Bone Baker Architects, will feature ground-floor retail topped by 99 apartments (50 affordable, 49 market-rate). The transit-oriented developm ...

800 Fulton, a 19-story office and retail building recently completed construction in West Loop‘s Fulton Market District. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is the design firm behind 800 Fulton, whose de ...

Budget includes $1.9 billion in key investments and no new taxes—an investment-based recovery strategy with a foundation set on greater opportunities for rebuilding Chicago into a safer, stronger, and ...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has collaborated with University of Michigan Taubman College to create the SPLAM [SPatial LAMinated timber], a robotically-fabricated timber pavilion for the 2021 Chic ...

Foundation work for the new 41-story residential tower known as The Reed at Southbank has begun. Located at 234 W. Polk Street, The Reed is the second building of the 7-acre Southbank megadevelopment, ...

Last week, structural work reached the 510-foot-tall roof height of a new 47-story mixed-use skyscraper, located at 300 N Michigan Avenue in The Loop. The development is a joint-partnership between St ...

Courtenay Elementary School will be upgraded and receive $2.1 million from the city to build an accessible playground and include a nature walk. The upgrade will include a playground for older and you ...

The 23-story and 36-story mixed-use development towers will provide 777 rental residential units and 314 hotel rooms. The towers designed by BKV Group are due to be added to Downtown Chicago in 2024 n ...

Chicago has issued a $130 million building permit for a 440-unit condo/apartment tower at 234 W. Polk St. Lend Lease Construction is the general contractor for this project and the architect is Perkin ...

Situated along the North Branch Corridor in Bucktown, the first phase of construction of Triangle Square is nearing the finish line. The project is part of a three-building masterplan designed by Lama ...

Designed by Canopy Architecture + Design, the newly permitted building will be 4-stories tall and contain 26 rental units. A second 4-story building with 22 apartments is planned next door. The comple ...

The Illinois Tollway have started to shift traffic to provide a construction work zone. The Illinois Tollway is building a new pedestrian bridge over I-294 to maintain a connection between Veeck Park ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved four high-rise towers situated in Downtown. A total of $700 million will be invested into the projects. The developments approved will be a two-tower proposal ...

A new residential development developed by GlenStar and designed by FitzGerald Associates near O'Haire Airport has been approved by the Chicago Plan Commission. The new $90 million development will cr ...

Although Bob Dunn's One Central project is a transit project, the development foresees a new neighbourhood of more than 9,000 homes, built on 31 acres of land. Once it is built, it will provide Chicag ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved a mixed-use rehabilitation at 4712 W Irving Park Road. The project will rehabilitate and add on to an existing Sears department store which has occupied the si ...

1130 N. State Street has been approved by Chicago Plan Commission and will provide more than 300 residential units as well as ground-floor retail space. It is located in the intersection of North Stat ...

The fund issued by Chicago allows the construction of a 300-unit apartment building with ground floor retail and a parking podium at 164 N. Peoria Street. The structure is due to be the tallest buildi ...

The Halsted Pointe project will be a $1.3 billion project to redevelop an 8-acre site at the southern tip of Goose Island into five high rise buildings. The development will be built over 8 to 10 year ...

Four large developments will bring $200 million worth of investment to the South and West sides. The projects will create 215 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail space. Groundbreakings ...

The new Engine Company 115 Fire Station will be the second-largest fire station in the city, with space for a Chicago Fire Department District Office, an Office of Emergency Management and Communicati ...

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and City leaders announced the selection of four mixed-use INVEST South/West projects planned for areas in South Chicago, North Lawndale, Bronzeville, and New City and addition ...

Eckenhoff Saunders is the architect behind the new Fulton Market Office on 345 N Morgan Street. Developed by Sterling Bay, the 200,000-square-foot project will yield retail space on ground level and o ...

Glass installation has reached the peak of Chicago's BMO Tower. The new development is one of Chicago's tallest new office building and has been planned by Riverside Investment and Development alongsi ...

The Webster Avenue Bridge project is one of several bridge repair projects that CDOT is undertaking this year. The $25 million project is funded through Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot’s Chicago Works infrast ...

The new 135,000 SFT Computer Design, Research, and Learning Center (CDRLC) at UIC is designed to be a welcoming, inclusive, and inviting space for the diverse student body. It will be a new campus hub ...

The $31 million state-of-the-art campus will provide access to eduction, leadership development and sports training, helping to close the opportunity gap for youth situated on Chica's west side. The n ...

The project is the first CRG industrial development in Chicago and the first under the firm’s new fund. The Cubes at Country Club Hills will be a 1,033,450 square feet industrial structure at the inte ...

Naper Settlement will receive a grant of $700,000 from the state of Illinois to help fund construction of a new welcome center. The new center will feature ADA-accessible features to accommodate more ...

The existing courthouse was constructed in 1969 to serve around 250,000 residents. The new 10-story building will consist of 38 courtrooms, offices for the Will County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and ...

The new venue designed by The Rockwell group will be inside the Crystal Gardens space with no exterior alterations being made. The area will provide a cinematic sound system for Chicago residents and ...

The Chicago Cubs are partnering with DraftKings to build a two-story, 22,350 square foot addition to Wrigley Field at the southeast corner of the historic stadium. The proposed plan will require appro ...

Nevele22, a seven-story building located at 1122 W Chicago Avenue is close to completion. Prior to the construction of Nevele22, the site was used as a parking lot and occupied three smaller buildings ...

The PBC Board has approved of the Board of Education’s request to renovate George Henry Corliss Early College STEM High School. The scope of PBC’s work is to replace the roofs and take on necessary re ...

Digital Twin technology will become the ultimate tool for designing and planning infrastructures. It will help transform cities and save billions in running costs and assist towards net-zero targets. ...

The Chicago Park District Campus is estimated to cost $65 million and will include a multi-story office space, a gym, locker rooms and multi-purpose rooms for the community. The joint venture between ...

Bentham Condos undergoes the final installation stage on its exterior with Sedgwick development working as the developer, architect and general contractor for this project. A total of 31 condos will b ...

LG Development and Fulton Company's plans for apartment towers have been approved. LG Development have proposed a 20-story apartment building at 1150 W. Lake Street and a 33 story building across the ...

Kirkland & Ellis is currently in talks to acquire 600,000 square feet in the Salesforce Tower alongside the Chicago River. If the lease for the Salesforce Tower is complete then it could potentially b ...

The new development will serve as a new cancer and neuroscience building for the Rush Medical Center where radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging will take place. At under 500,000 square feet, the b ...

The $3.8 billion project on former Michael Reese Site gets the greenlight

The approved development by Regal Mile Ventures LLC at 7700 S Stony Island in South Shore will include several film studios, staging space, office space and 95 parking spaces. The triangular site, for ...

DAC Development Group is the developer behind the proposed development at 1217 W Washington Boulevard. The 213 feet tall building is expected to hold 288 residential homes and 4,000 feet of retail spa ...

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved of a new residential plan based at 4600 N Marine Drive in Uptown.

CDOT’s commissioner Gia Biagi announced a new plan for transportation in the wake of COVID-19 to tackle racial and economic crises and promote social equity as well as public safety. The plan will inc ...

While many businesses in the downtown are still struggling to stay open due to the pandemic, and others remain closed, crews broke ground Thursday on a new sky-high construction project.

Midwest Industrial Funds recently completed a long-term lease with Skyjack Equipment for 102,467 square feet at 2525 Enterprise Cir., West Chicago, IL.

Good project management in the metal fabrication shop could help solve the skilled labor crisis

A long-discussed—and, for some people, likely forgotten—high-rise apartment project in Chicago’s Fulton River District is finally ready to break ground. Vancouver-based developer Onni Group has receiv ...

The millennial architect is recognized for her leadership in diversifying the white-led industry.

Software firm CCC Information Services is closing in on a deal of more than 180,000 square feet to expand and move its headquarters to the trendy corridor's largest new office building.

Ravenswood and Bucktown are early favorites in 2020, according to a report.

Chicago should embrace micromobility, not just e-scooters, according to a new report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. 

172 units of permanent supportive housing communities in nine locations across Illinois will receive funding to create or restore units from The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA).

Measuring from false grade, Vista has a 17-ft-tall opening for a pedestrian path and vehicle drop-ff area at the base of the middle tower. 

A former Related Midwest executive plans to redevelop a site in the historic corridor near McCormick Place.

Origin Investments acquired Monroe Aberdeen Place, a 120-unit apartment building in the West Loop, for $65.8 million. The seller and original developer of the property was Michigan Avenue Real Estate ...

A building planned for 1147 W. Jackson was to have five units of its most expensive floorplan. When they were snapped up in a single weekend, the developers found a way to make seven more. 

The $1B Vista Tower has pushed boundaries, with team members celebrating the number of women who have contributed to the project.

Sales have opened at the luxury residential tower - Parkline Chicago. Currently under construction, the project is expected to be completed in 2021. 

The towers at 400 N. Lake Shore Drive would rise 875 and 765 feet high. Plans also call for the completion of DuSable Park and the eastern edge of the Riverwalk.

CHICAGO, IL - Chicago-based The Habitat Company has announced construction is underway for phase one at Ogden Commons, the $200 million mixed-use project in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood being ...

Chicago, the nation’s third-biggest metro area, also ranks third when it comes what developers pay to put up office, apartment and other buildings. Only New York and San Francisco have higher construc ...

Women have been making inroads into larger roles on construction sites, both as tradespeople and site managers, positions that always seemed a natural fit to Keri Woodring, a project manager with McHu ...

For decades, the city of Chicago has been perplexed about what to do with a 15,965-square-foot parcel of land that sits on State Street, Van Buren and Plymouth Court. On Wednesday night, business owne ...

The new owner of Little Village Plaza says he wants to bring in more national retailers to the six-acre South Lawndale shopping center and potentially close the Discount Mall, a well-known mini mall w ...

There’s so much development taking place in Chicago’s West Loop that it is sometimes hard to keep track of what’s going on. And with the lion’s share of construction happening around the northern port ...

Sterling Bay is looking to cash out on McDonald's Fulton Market headquarters, setting up what could be the most expensive downtown office building sale ever in Chicago. Nearly two years after the fast ...

Interior construction of the 536,000 square-foot development for the new Bank of America Tower in Chicago has begun this month. The Class A tower developed by Howard Hughes Corp. and Riverside Investm ...

A heated political battle is simmering behind-the-scenes over a proposal by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City Council floor leader to require smoke detectors installed in Chicago’s oldest homes and resident ...

Could fire-blocking timber construction be part of the carbon-neutral city of the future? Scientists from Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research think so. In a new paper, they argue t ...

     

Construction crews drilled the first shafts last fall for the $1.2 billion phase one of the Chicago Transit Authority's $2.1 billion Red-Purple Modernization Program, the largest capital improvement p ...

Fast-growing developer CA Ventures is nearly doubling the size of its downtown Chicago headquarters and joining WeWork at a boutique building under construction in River North. CA Ventures confirmed i ...

In less than three months groundbreaking for the tallest mass timber building in the entire world will happen in Milwaukee. The ‘Ascent’ building will house 260 apartments and beat the current tallest ...

It’s been more than a year since city officials approved a new observation deck and a 1,185-foot exterior elevator for Chicago’s Aon Center, and the sky-high attraction is finally getting ready to mov ...

According to a recent study by the Midwest Economic Policy Institute (MEPI), an increase in automation in the construction industry could displace as much as 49% (2.7 million) of America’s blue-collar ...

The Chicago Transit Board approved a $38.3-million contract to T. Y. Lin International Great Lakes on Feb. 10 to provide planning and preliminary engineering services for the Red Line Extension, a lon ...

The University of Illinois and the developer of the 62-acre site south of downtown known as The 78 have reached a deal for a technology center serving as an anchor for what’s envisioned as a new Chica ...

Chicago Stock Exchange Building The old Chicago Stock Exchange Building is one of the city’s best-known cases when it comes to regrettable demolitions. Completed by legendary Chicago architects Dankma ...

A new executive order under consideration by President Donald Trump attempts to make classicism the "preferred and default style" for new and upgraded federal buildings.  According to an exclusive rep ...

The Chicago O’Hare expansion project is finally cleared for take-off after Skidmore Owings & Merrill signed on as the project’s lead civil engineer, Crain’s reported. The architectural firm signed a m ...

Johnson Publishing Company Building: This 11-story South Loop building is the former home of Johnson Publishing and Jet and Ebony magazines, which were amongst the most important and influential Black ...

Chicago is known as one of America’s great cities for architecture. But other than the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, designed by Mies van der Rohe, very little of the architecture of the So ...