New Paperwork Details the Conditions for Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center
Paperwork has been filed that moves the Barack Obama Presidential Center a little closer to reality. The Chicago department of Planning and...
South Loop’s Southbank Development Gets Its First Residents
Southbank, the northern portion of what used to be the Riverline development south of Roosevelt Road, has its first people living in its first...
New Chicago Sign Rules Mean Logos Could Appear on Willis Tower, Aon, Hancock, Others
Remember when people in Chicago used to claim that the city’s downtown was an ad-free zone when it came to skyscrapers? That notion has gone...
353 West Grand Gussied Up and Ready for the Chicago Plan Commission
River North’s next de-luxe apartments in the sky-ay-ay may rise at 353 West Grand. The project, which has been in the works since 2013, is...
Lakeshore East Tower Trio Tipped in Text
It looks like the plan to build three new skyscrapers in the northeast corner of Lakeshore East is getting ready to move forward. Ordinance number...
Lincoln Commons Plan Gets Tweaked
It’s been four years since the plan to replace the old Children’s Memorial Hospital with a mixed-use development called Lincoln Common...
Eye Candy: New Renderings of the Willis Tower Renovation
EQ Office continues its half-billion dollar renovation of Chicago’s tallest building from a place exclusively for office workers and tourists...
Union Station Redev Dumps Ugly Hat, Gains Pretty Tower
The latest plan to turn Chicago Union Station into more than what it currently is has a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief. Riverside...
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O, My — Combo Tower to Finish Lakeshore East Puzzle, Expand Pedway
If you’ve ever spent a rainy winter’s eve listening to gospel music on a distant AM radio station, drinking Mr. Pibb out of a Mason jar while putting together a Nancy Drew jigsaw puzzle...
110 North Wacker Gets Boot Straps, Pulls Itself Up Another Two Stories
If you were disappointed that the plan for 110 North Wacker Drive lost its nice setbacks a few months ago, there’s a consolation prize. Developers Howard Hughes, and Riverside Investment and...
808 Wells is Back — Shorter, Wider, and With a New Name: AMLI 808
If you don’t remember us reporting on 808 Wells years ago, that’s OK. This one’s been a long time coming. We last mentioned 808 more than two years ago, when a sales office popped...
Downtown Chicago Could Get 11 New Skyscrapers This Week
If there’s a skyscraper nerd in your office, don’t be surprised if he calls in sick on Thursday. That’s the day the Chicago Plan Commission considers the largest number of new...
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