March 2024 Newsletter

WIN: City of Chicago Announces $150M Funding for the Residential Adaptive Reuse of Four LaSalle Street Skyscrapers

"Mayor Brandon Johnson on Wednesday earmarked $151.2 million in taxpayer money to help subsidize four proposals to breathe new life into Chicago’s Financial District...

WIN: Illegal Construction in Humboldt Park Demolished!

"An unauthorized structure meant to be an addition to the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture will be razed next week after...

THREATENED: Final Days for 720 N. Wells and 207 W. Superior

"Preservationists are seeking an eleventh-hour reprieve for a historic 152-year-old River North building facing imminent demolition."The three-and-a-half story brick and cast-iron building at 720...

THREATENED: DePaul Pushes forward with Plans to Demolish Sheffield-Belden Group (Chicago 7 2024)

"DePaul University is moving forward with efforts to demolish century-old homes to make way for a new sports facility, but it has added to...

THREATENED: Ogden-Keeler Industrial Buildings Highly Endangered by Distribution Warehouse (Chicago 7 2024)

"The Chicago Plan Commission will vote Thursday on whether to approve the demolition of several century-old Southwest Side warehouses considered significant by historic preservationists,...

WIN: 4100 W. Fillmore Redevelopment Receives $7M TIF Award

"A nearly vacant five-story brick building on the West Side will come back to life this summer as The Fillmore Center, eventually employing hundreds...

WIN: The Fields Studios Received $10M in City and State Grants

"A sprawling film production studio set to open on the Logan Square-Avondale border has secured a $10 million in governmental grants as it aims...

THREATENED: Demolition Permit Released for Continental Can Company Building (Chicago 7 2020, 2021 & 2023)

"The Continental Can Co. building at 3815 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, is due for demolition soon to make way for a new cold-storage warehouse...

THREATENED: Loyola University Plans Demolition of 1234 W. Loyola Ave. for Vacant Lot

"If you stand in front of the flatiron-style building at 1226-1234 W. Loyola—home to 30 apartments and a trio of businesses on the ground...

WIN: Long-Neglected Second Phase of Lathrop Homes Finally Approved by Chicago Housing Authority (Chicago 7 2007, 2013, 2022)

"For more than two decades, the Chicago Housing Authority has pledged to rehab and rebuild hundreds of apartments at the Lathrop Homes site in...