January 2026 Newsletter
WIN: DePaul Agrees to Landmark Cortelyou Commons After Community Opposes Plans to Demolish Historic Sheffield Buildings (Chicago 7 2024)
"A 96-year-old Collegiate Gothic building on the DePaul University campus is being considered Thursday for preliminary landmark status. The city’s landmarks commission will decide...
WIN: After 14 Months of Building Court Hearings, Onyx360 Finally Takes Ownership of Elim/Reformation Lutheran Church for Renovation and Adaptive Reuse as Health Center
"In late 2024, Roseland’s historical Reformation Lutheran Church faced demolition. Dilapidated after years of being vacant, the church was embroiled in a lengthy legal...
POTENTIAL WIN: Walser House Ownership Transferred to Fannie Mae After Failed Foreclosure Auction (Chicago 7 2025)
"The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Walser House, a dilapidated 123-year-old home in Austin that inspired the architect’s better-known works has now been acquired by the...
WIN: After Decades of Neglect, New Chicago Park District Leadership Prioritizes Restoration of the Burnham Designed Pavilion in Jackson Park (Chicago 7 2017, 2018,...
"The Burnham Building, a century-old, templelike pavilion in Jackson Park that for years has lain in near ruin, appears finally set to receive the...
WIN: City of Chicago Awards $800,000 Adopt-A-Landmark Fund to Four Chicago Landmarks
"The Chicago Department of Planning and Development has announced four new winners for its latest allocation of Adopt-A-Landmark grants earlier this month. The four...
LOSS: Despite Strong Community Opposition, Demolition Permit Issued to Loyola University to Demolish 1234 W. Loyola Avenue
"Loyola University will soon demolish a former apartment building that also housed small businesses."The university was issued a demolition permit to tear down the...
WIN: Long-Vacant Former Wayman Church Adaptively Reused for Seven on Elm Residential Condos
"New condos priced at a million dollars and up now fill a 19th century church that served residents of Cabrini-Green and was deemed a...
WIN: Groundbreaking for the Pioneer Arcade Adaptive Reuse After Decade Long Preservation Effort (Chicago 7 2015)
er er "The historical Pioneer Arcade building is getting a new shot at life with construction underway on an affordable housing development conversion that’s...
POTENTIAL WIN: Affordable Housing Adaptive Reuse Proposed for Long-Vacant Loretto Academy (Chicago 7 2019)
"A South Side development company is proposing to renovate a former all-girls Catholic school in Woodlawn into dozens of affordable apartments."Greenline Communities and 5T...
WIN: After Final Landmark Designation, Construction Begins on William Le Baron Jenney’s Designed Central YMCA Association Building at 19 S. LaSalle
"Final landmark status has been approved for the historic high-rise at 19 South LaSalle Street in The Loop. Located mid-block between West Madison Street...