June 2025 Newsletter
POTENTIAL WIN: Nonprofit Buyer Plans Renovation of Up Top Building at Altgeld Gardens (Chicago 7 2017 & 2022)
"A 79-year-old Altgeld Gardens commercial building that has spent years in disrepair despite being designed by noted Chicago architects Keck & Keck could soon...
WIN: McCormick Mansion Will Be Transformed Into The Hand & The Eye, a $50M Magic Theater
"With a $50 million investment in the struggling Magnificent Mile, the Chicago healthcare entrepreneur Glen Tullman is opening a massive new live entertainment venue...
WIN: Former Newman-Rudolph Lithographing Company Building / Hillshire Foods Building Will Become Medical School
"Construction has begun on the redevelopment of the former Tyson Foods building at 400 S Jefferson Street in West Loop Gate. Located at the...
WIN: Developer Plans Residential Adaptive Reuse for 7-Story Western Methodist Book Concern Building at 50 E. Superior Street
"Initial details have been revealed for the residential conversion of the former office building at 50 E Superior Street in River North. Located mid-block...
WIN: TIF Approved for Pershing Road Central Manufacturing District Building Adaptive Reuse (Chicago 7 2014 & 2020)
"The Chicago Community Development Commission has approved TIF funds for the mixed-use redevelopment of part of the Central Manufacturing District on the southern edge...
WIN: Francis Scott Key Elementary by Dwight Perkins Reopens as Field School After Comprehensive Renovation (Chicago 7 2015)
"Come next school year, the two buildings that once held Francis Scott Key Elementary students will house the Field School’s kindergarten through eighth graders....
POTENTIAL WIN: After Decades of Neglect, CDOT Announces Plans to Restore Darrow Bridge by Burnham and Root (Chicago 7 2025)
"The Chicago Department of Transportation will restore Jackson Park’s condemned Darrow Bridge based on its 1895 design and reopen it, but agency officials said...
WIN: After Decades of Neglect, Garfield Park Bandstand Receiving Full Restoration
"The Garfield Park Bandstand, built 128 years ago to host live musical performances, is undergoing a $2.2 million restoration after spending decades in decay...
WIN: Chinatown’s On Leong Merchants Association Building Proposed for National Register of Historic Places
"The former On Leong Merchants Association Building has been a symbol of Chinatown for nearly a century, carrying with it a history as colorful...