12 buildings Chicago permitted Aug 19 to Oct 16: 304 homes on Elm St, 51 affordable homes at Hub32, O'Hare's Concourse E, a Bronzeville senior center, and more. Every permit, mapped daily: https://www.chicagocityscape.com/permits.php
12 buildings Chicago permitted Aug 19 to Oct 16: 304 homes on Elm St, 51 affordable homes at Hub32, O'Hare's Concourse E, a Bronzeville senior center, and more. Every permit, mapped daily: https://www.chicagocityscape.com/permits.php
46 more homes coming to Lake View. New 5-story mixed-use at W Belmont gets ground-floor retail, 6 parking spaces, and $11.5M investment (this is building 2 of 2) https://buff.ly/qaRZokj
7 stories coming to Hubbard & Morgan in West Town. 70 new homes, 20 parking stalls. $2M construction. #ChicagoDevelopment https://www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/101080040
8 new homes rise on Byron & Western. 5 stories on a vacant lot, retail below, 8-car garage, rooftop decks. $2.18M project for North Center. https://www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/101087238
a building in West Town is being converted to an 118-person restaurant permit. $750k to convert existing commercial building with a new rear addition. Facade stays. https://buff.ly/szg76mf
City Council passed a TOD Streets ordinance (SO2026-0025391) last week that is substantially different – and improved – than the one introduced in May. The original version would have made Chicago's Pedestrian Streets design standards near train stations optional. The substitute that passed keeps those standards everywhere they apply today and makes them stricter on the first two TOD Streets.
A TOD Street is a zoning designation, like a Pedestrian Street, which changes the rules for every abutting lot. The ordinance adds Section 17-3-0600 to the zoning code and names the first two TOD Streets, in the…
