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Mixed-Use 'Lawndale ReDefined' Apartment Building Gets City Council Approval
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (270+ words) NORTH LAWNDALE — A mixed-use, mixed-income development slated for a vacant property along the Ogden Avenue corridor in North Lawndale has won zoning approval from the City Council. Developers Griggs Real Estate Ventures, 548 Development and Imagine Group plan to construct a…...
Logan Square Renters Sue Landlord, Realtor Over Tenant Right Of 1st Refusal Act Violations
5+ hour, 41+ min ago (951+ words) LOGAN SQUARE — Four Logan Square residents have filed the first lawsuit linked to the city’s tenants right pilot program, accusing their a landlord, his realtor and a brokerage company of running afoul of a Northwest Side anti-gentrification law. The Albany…...
Lincoln Square Alderperson 'Beyond Frustrated' As Welles Park Grub Infestation Continues
7+ hour, 37+ min ago (847+ words) LINCOLN SQUARE — Lincoln Square’s alderman is concerned the Park District’s attempts to control a damaging beetle infestation at Welles Park don’t seem to be working. A contractor hired by the Park District treated the fields for the infestation in the…...
40 Apartments, Including Rental Townhomes, Pitched For Vacant Logan Square Lot
1+ day, 52+ min ago (661+ words) LOGAN SQUARE — A mixed-use development is being proposed for a vacant lot on the border of Logan Square and Avondale, and neighbors got a first look at the plans on Monday. Developers with Studio Oakley, a Chicago real estate and…...
Edgewater Synagogue Redevelopment Reduces Building Count In Latest Proposal
2+ week, 5+ day ago (638+ words) EDGEWATER — Plans to redevelop a lakefront synagogue campus in Edgewater have again been amended, with the latest proposal dropping one building after feedback from neighbors. The new proposal includes a 25-story building and an adjacent 12-story building on the east…...
1st Phase Of $580 Million Woodlawn Central Development Gets Key City Approval
2+ week, 5+ day ago (583+ words) WOODLAWN — A $580 million megadevelopment pursued for years by a South Side church took a big step forward this week after getting approval from a key city panel. The Woodlawn Central development, backed by Apostolic Church of God, 6320 S. Dorchester Ave.,…...
New Housing OK'd For Avondale, McKinley Park, Streeterville And Across From Johnny's Icehouse
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1014+ words) CITY HALL — Two large developments pitched for Avondale and McKinley Park that include both apartments and townhomes were advanced Tuesday by a key City Council panel. The council’s Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building Standards also OK’d numerous other projects…...
Church-Backed Affordable Apartment Complex Breaks Ground In Garfield Park
4+ week, 1+ day ago (541+ words) WEST GARFIELD PARK — A housing project aiming to offer affordable apartments and wraparound social services to West Side families broke ground this week. C.A.R.E. Manor, a development by Garfield Park nonprofit United For Better Living, will be a 44-unit apartment…...
Bryn Mawr Historic District Landmarking Could Derail 100-Unit Apartment Project, Developer Says
4+ week, 1+ day ago (833+ words) EDGEWATER — Plans for a nearly 100-unit apartment building on Bryn Mawr Avenue in Edgewater could be halted by the city’s attempts to landmark the street’s historic business corridor, according to the developer. The city’s Commission on Chicago Landmarks granted a…...
$23 Million Housing Development With Retail Coming To Long-Vacant Auburn Gresham Corner
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (506+ words) AUBURN GRESHAM — City officials recently selected a proposal to transform long-vacant land in Auburn Gresham into a $23 million mixed-use project with housing and retail space. GonSosa Development, a New-Jersey based company, will redevelop a.84-acre plot of city-owned land at…...