Category: Near West Side

New Medical District apartments may start next spring
The Gazette is reporting that construction is targeted to begin next spring on a $300 million development in the Illinois Medical District, a 560 [...]

NIMBYs get in over their head, get hung out to dry
According to DNAinfo, the Medical District Apartments (MDA) was apparently willing to sell its two-story parking garage for the development of a W [...]

Echelon’s luxury apartments conquer Chicago’s cold
Residents at Echelon at K Station can almost pretend that Chicago isn't experiencing its worst winter conditions in decades. Well … almost. The luxury [...]

A peek inside the new Presidential Towers
I visited Presidential Towers (PT) last week in the company of David Scharfenberg, who became the General Manager of the West Loop property just s [...]

A first look inside K2, Chicago’s newest apartments
K2, the luxury high-rise at 365 N Halsted in the Fulton River District, is opening ahead of schedule, with first occupancies set for March 1st.
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An affordable short-term haven for Chicago medical patients, families
Chicago's world-class medical facilities make it a destination for patients from around the country and around the world.
Patients who need to [...]

An aerial progress report on the CHA’s Plan for Transformation
Crain's Chicago Business has a report on the impact of the market downturn on the redevelopment of Chicago Housing Authority projects pursuant to [...]

Construction check – Pete’s Fresh Market on Madison
A month ago we noted that construction was slated to start this month on the new Pete's Fresh Market at the southeast corner of Madison and Wester [...]

Acreage at Metro Place available for sale
Crain's is reporting that 4.67 acres of vacant land is available at Metro Place, a failed development on the Near West Side. The asking price is $ [...]

Will Pete’s Fresh Market revive Madison and Western?
Pete's Fresh Market had a ceremonial groundbreaking on a Near West Side site at the southeastern corner of Madison and Western several weeks ago, [...]

More apartments proposed for Near West Side
Crain's Chicago Real Estate Daily
is reporting that Bond Cos., a local developer, is planning a mixed-use development on the site of a former Ch [...]

New construction in Chicago, then and now
What a difference five years makes! Five years ago today we were –
Reporting the imminent start of construction at Aqua
Touting 1349 S Wabash [...]

Quote of the day – Chicago’s affordable hosing program
We first wrote about Madison Estates, a development in the 2200 block of West Madison on Chicago's Near West Side, back in January of 2007 – a dif [...]

Incentives, value prices add to the appeal of West End’s location
The new homes at West End at Jackson Square are conveniently located near the Eisenhower Expressway, Medical District and United Center, just a fe [...]

Near West Side, one of YoChicago’s hottest neighborhoods of 2006
We're taking a brief look at the state of each of the eight neighborhoods we spotlighted as Chicago's hottest back in June of 2006. We've already [...]

From church to condo in Little Italy
Mark Boyer at Curbed has gotten a kick out of the number of church conversions going on around town, and recently published a post about one at 10 [...]

Near West Side grocer finally on its way
The Near West Side and East Garfield Park will move one step closer toward getting a much-needed grocery store next month, when Pete's Fresh Marke [...]

Loft living: An architect’s brick-and-timber space, priced at $565K
One of the newest arrivals among timber lofts for sale is unit #1 at the Ogden Lofts, 1650 W Ogden Ave. The 2,500 square-foot space is owned and d [...]

New magnet school planned for old Jefferson School in University Village
Following months of lobbying by area residents, Chicago Public Schools approved a plan to open a new K-8 magnet school in the former Jefferson School [...]

The other pieces of the Sunrise scam
Our angle on the indictment of three Sunrise Equities principals naturally focused on the Pure building at 24 S Morgan St in the West Loop, simply bec [...]