Building Up Chicago

17/02/2025

Pictorial progress at 400 Lake Shore

No longer hidden below sidewalk level, 400 Lake Shore has risen above eye level along DuSable Lake Shore Drive, on its way to 72 stories.

16/02/2025

1001 is putting on an addition, while 705 tore down the building across the street

Construction is ongoing for a second-floor addition to the offices of the Laborers' Local 1001 standalone building at 323 South Ashland Avenue on the Near West Side.

15/02/2025

"Ignore the street number; tear down the one with demo fencing around it"
Probably just a typo, but an extremely mildly dangerous one

Could be just a quirky coincidence, but a demolition permit was issued by the City of Chicago on February 13 for the residential property at 3729 North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville.

14/02/2025

400 Lake Shore *really* starting to show out along (and now above) Lake Shore Drive.

14/02/2025

Issued Feb 11, the permit allows 25 units on an empty lot n Albany Park

A new construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago allowing work to begin on a residential development in the Northwest Side's Albany Park neighborhood.

12/02/2025

Five stories, 44 units for Bucktown. But that giant mural will be obscured

Caisson work is complete, and foundation work is underway, at 1880 North Milwaukee Avenue in Bucktown.

12/02/2025

Well that's dumb.
Do these articles not actually link?

Structural steel that's bringing a second life to the former Second Church Of Christ, Scientist in Lincoln Park has topped out.

12/02/2025

The six-story building rising from "inside" the church façade has topped out

Structural steel that's bringing a second life to the former Second Church Of Christ, Scientist in Lincoln Park has topped out.

11/02/2025

This is the second new affordable apartment building from the Hispanic Housing Development Corporation on a two-block stretch of California Avenue in Humboldt Park

Concrete cores have risen to the top, and now the rest of 1237 North California Avenue will catch up, as construction continues in Humboldt Park.

08/02/2025

The only two New Construction permits issued the past two days (that aren't for tents) are for these two residential buildings on Ashland Avenue in Wicker Park

Residential developments at 1235 North Ashland and 1257 North Ashland in Wicker Park both received their building permits from the City of Chicago late this week.

07/02/2025

Building Up Chicago, the blog, is dormant for a while. All my construx posts are at Chicago YIMBY. Hopefully you're already following me there

Demolition of the former Fast Track fast food restaurant is complete at Lake Street and Des Plaines Avenue in the West Loop.

05/02/2025

Goodbye, Breezy
Here's hoping construction gets started right away, as opposed to letting these lots sit vacant after demolition wraps up

A pair of buildings at Racine and Fulton in the Fulton Market District are in various states of destruction, as Heneghan Wrecking works to clear a site for redevelopment.

30/01/2025

1. 400 Lake Shore
2. Obama Center
3. Project H.O.O.D.
4 & 5. AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion
6. Thompson Center
There are only 6, but that's more than 5.

Chicago has six tower cranes operating around the city, now that general contractor Clark Construction has finished installing theirs at the Thompson Center in The Loop.

28/01/2025

Just a couple photos of 400 Lake Shore's continued growth in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood

A few photos, as 400 Lake Shore continues to grow.