2023 Year-in-Review
POTENTIAL WIN: Developer Proposes Affordable Housing Adaptive Reuse of Art Deco Lincoln Trust & Savings Bank Building
Community reacts to development at 3950 N. Damen and 3959 N. Lincoln; The historic bank will be rehabbed and a 7-story building will...
WIN: Former Goldblatt Brothers Building Invest South/West Adaptive Reuse to Anchor Back-of-the-Yards Revitalization at 47th and Ashland
Massive Back Of The Yards Project Gets $5 Million In TIF Funding; The money will support the $58 million United Yards project, bringing...
WIN: Permits Issued for Adaptive Reuse of St. James Methodist Church at 4601-4611 S. Ellis
Permits issued for adaptive reuse at 4601 S. Ellis; The former church will be turned into housing, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 2/25/23
WIN: Former St. Bartholomew School to House Migrants
Several hundred migrants to be housed at former Saint Bartholomew School and parish convent on Northwest Side, Brian Nadig, Nadig Newspapers, 12/1/23
Migrant...
WIN: CHA Launches Restore Home to Renovate 36 Small- to Mid-Sized Apartment Buildings
CHA mounts $50 million program to fix up scattered sites; The agency promises to be “laser focused” over the next 18 months on...
WIN: 1516 W. Carroll Avenue Warehouse to Adaptively Reused as Restaurant and Urban Farm
Maxwells Trading, From Acclaimed Chef Erling Wu-Bower, Coming To West Loop; The restaurant in the neighborhood’s industrial corridor will feature a rooftop farm and...
WIN: 165 N. Morgan in Fulton Market to be Adaptively Reused
Fulton Street Companies signs Heisler Hospitality at 165 N. Morgan; The restaurateurs will open Pizza Lobo in the new space, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago,...
WIN: Class L Tax Incentives Approved for Flatiron Building Renovation
Tax Incentives Approved For Flatiron Building In Wicker Park, Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY, 11/27/23
Wicker Park’s Flat Iron Arts Building Sells To New...
WIN: Class L Approved for LaSalle Street Cable Car Powerhouse Restaurant Redevelopment
Landmark Tax Incentives Approved For Restaurant Redevelopment In River North, Ian Achong, Chicago YIMBY, 6/9/23
One of London’s most famed steakhouses is coming...
WIN: Revised Construction Plans Incorporate Dinkel’s Bakery Facade, Neon Sign, and Adjacent Historic Facade
Dinkel’s Lofts gets revised design at 3327 N. Lincoln; The development will preserve the Dinkel’s facade, Lukas Kugler, Urbanize Chicago, 11/9/23
Dinkel’s Replacement...