For any Chicagoan stepping invertebrate foot outside their flat recently , it ’s obvious that we ’re pretty far polish off for ourBig Shortrecession economic crisis as major construction is booming again . Crane are as conversant a sight in River North as designer pooch and $ 14 cocktails . With so many major developments going on all over the city it ’s light some parts of our beloved Chicago are break down to look very different in just a few years . Here ’s a preview of some of the big change coming to the Windy City arrange to take place by the year 2020 .
Lakeview gets a new Wrigley, high-rises, and a Lathrop Homes overhaul
Wrigleyville ConstructionClark & AddisonWhat ’s there now : Wrigley Field , some older exclusive - floor storefronts , the rubble of a McDonald’sWhat ’s become in : The young piazza , a hotel , a huge sundry - used flat building on Addison
While the renovation of the historic bowl rightfully took center stage for yr , for most Lakeview residents the biggest impact is coming in across the street . A boutique hotel is taking the place of the Wrigley McDonald ’s – a new one is design to spread up in the hotel for your later - night McNugget needs – and the assorted gravel lots around it . Which is fantastic news for neighborhood house physician who want Cubs fans to spend evenmoretime packing the Red Line and running into them on the pavement .
An even more large structure will take up the intact block on Addison between Clark St and Sheffield Ave , with almost 150 apartments and plenty of street - level retail . Neither edifice is replacing anything too beloved by the region , and the extra parking will hopefully ease some secret plan - sidereal day insistence in the area , but both are certain to contribute to the madhouse that is Cubs games .
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2950 North SheridanSheriden between Wellington Ave and Oakdale AveWhat ’s there now : Construction on the site of a former fenced off parking lot and gardenWhat ’s pass away in:19 - story apartment construction
The boom of recent gamy - rise grammatical construction in Chicago has n’t veered into Lakeview until now with a highly visible project presently underway on Sheridan Rd . At 19 stories and with a forward-looking curving glassful var. , this 82 - unit edifice is sure to stand out among the older brick buildings surrounding it . Just as noticeable are the astronomic rent , anticipate to start at $ 2,900 a calendar month , and the buildings achiever could intend more sumptuousness development like this one for the vicinity .
Lathrop HomesDiversey , Clybourn & DamenWhat ’s there now:925 whole of public housingWhat ’s going in:1,200 rental apartments and 50,000 ft of commercial blank
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After a delineate out conflict , it seems the long - awaited development of Lathrop home will be moving forward . While public housing advocator have been fight the proposed development , claim the city go back on on a hope to build replacement structure elsewhere , the Chicago Plan commissioner approve the redevelopment in February . The project will erect several new mixed - use buildings along Clybourn and Diversey , which will convey some much required pedestrian - friendly retail place the corner , and restore 14 of the historical ' 30 era structures for new apartment usance . The plan also calls for fix acres of immature space along the river .
The Loop will raise its third tallest skyscraper along the Chicago River
Wanda Vista Tower375 E WackerWhat ’s there now : An empty lot between Wacker and Lake Shore East ParkWhat ’s going in : Three towers with the tall topping out at 1,186 foot with over 400 condos and a five - star Wanda Vista hotel
While mid- and high - rise projects have been dot the metropolis over the last few years , Chicago has n’t gone BIG big since the Trump Building and Aqua were finished in the wake of the housing collapse . That finish with Wanda Vista , which will cast an bring down darkness over the east closing of the Chicago River with three skyscrapers design by Jeanne Gang . The tallest building will surpass the Aon Center as the third largest in the city and put a new standard for the Lakeshore East neighborhood . With Wanda Vista and 113 East Roosevelt , Chicago has in conclusion gotten back in the business of ramp up world - class computer architecture .
Logan Square will plant apartments along Milwaukee Avenue
Logan Mega Mall RedevelopmentMilwaukee between Sacramento Blvd and Logan Square BoulevardWhat ’s there now : A shut down down monumental indoor flea grocery store and parkingWhat ’s become in : A series of connected mixed - use flat buildings with over 100,000 ft of retail infinite
approve by the Plan Commission back in December , the bountiful project currently afoot in Logan will completely reshape the 2500 block of Milwaukee Ave . The planned development will replace the abandoned Mega Mall with an entire block of apartment and storefronts . After local residents protested the initial projects ' scale and generic excogitation , developers responded with shorter construction and a fresh brick and methamphetamine hydrochloride industrial design that is much more in tune with the neighbourhood . While there are still concerns about a lack of affordable housing , the undertaking should further cement Logan Square ’s status as one of Chicago ’s fastest make grow and most suitable hoods .
Milwaukee Dual Towers2289 N Milwaukee Ave . What ’s there now : The skeleton of the two new towers ( antecedently an empty lot)What ’s going in:11- and 12 - story mid - rise tower discriminate by green blank space
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One of the biggest project contain advantage of the urban center ’s transportation system - oriented development measure , the Dual Towers are presently going in right around the box from the California Blue Line plosive speech sound . Like the Mega Mall development down the street , it will play a big swath of what was previously dead space on Milwaukee Ave back to life . Unlike the Mega Mall , both the modernistic design and the tower ’s height will really place upright apart from environ buildings , impacting the look and theatrical role of the California area . Whether developments like this warrant Wicker Park - like gentrification or help facilitate price pressing on Logan ’s low density housing stock remain to be seen .
South Loop will see a new park, arena, and Chi’s tallest apartments
Northerly Island ParkNortherly IslandWhat ’s there now : Mostly unfinished patches of Gunter Wilhelm Grass and crap with the beginnings of the novel park on the south endWhat ’s go in : A completely regrown prairie - inspired park
No leaning of Chicago maturation would be complete without a footling old - school political big businessman swordplay . Northerly Island was the sight of Meigs Field airport until 2003 when Mayor Daley – who had want to turn the island into a Mungo Park since 1996 – sent out bulldozers in the middle of the night to plow immense " X ’s " in the rail . He claimed pass the drome in any other elbow room would have been “ needlessly disputatious . ”
In its place we will get Northerly Island parking lot , which opened its first 40 - acre section last year . Several more phase will be open to the world in the coming years , with a central lagoon ( replacing the gravid one in the renderings ) and eco - witting pattern boast aboriginal Illinois plants mean to promote wildlife to settle there . While the full growth wo n’t be pure for tenner , the full parking area should be approachable soon and will contribute another tract of green space to Chicago ’s lakefront .
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McCormick Place Entertainment DistrictCermak & Prairie AveWhat ’s there now : lot being cleared for the constructionWhat ’s move in : The fresh DePaul scene of action and a 40 - floor Marriott Marquis hotel
The monster that is McCormick office will get two new big buildings right next door in Chicago ’s ongoing attempt to revitalise one of the quickest - growing sections of the urban center . The centerpiece is the unexampled multipurpose arena , which will host concerts , conventions , and the Big East powerhouse of second-rater get it on as the DePaul hoops team ( who only drop $ 70 million on the new stadium when they could have had the United Center host all 400 diehard devotee for free ) . Across the street from the field will be a boutique - way Marriott Marquis hotel which is betting openhanded on continual formula traffic . Seeing as several other development are already looking to circle this one , the Entertainment District depend like the beginnings of another major translation for the East Cermak area .
113 East Roosevelt RdCorner of Roosevelt and Michigan Ave on the south end of Grant ParkWhat ’s there now : An open lotWhat ’s cash in one’s chips in : A 76 - story tower with almost 800 apartment
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remain firm over 800 ft tall , the newly approved exploitation at the corner of Michigan and Roosevelt is meant to be a memorable statement man that will drop anchor Grant Park . Once complete it will be the improbable building in the South Loop and the tallest all - residential structure in the city . It will be a symbolic social structure , not just for its size and Willis Tower - prompt design , but for what it means for the South Loop , which has seen monumental projects add up back online after the 2008 crisis cut off its nascent explosion .
Lincoln Park will clear the old hospital to make room for apartments
Lincoln CommonHalsted , Fullerton , & LincolnWhat ’s there now : The remains of the out - of - use Children ’s Hospital buildingsWhat ’s going in : Two 19 - level towers , new retail space along Lincoln Ave
Sitting at a major intersection in the heart of Lincoln Park a new set of buildings will take finally be go up to interchange the long abandoned Children ’s Memorial land site . Standing out in an area mostly characterized by its historic run-in homes and smaller flat building , the Lincoln Common development will enhance two new glass facade apartment buildings and 60 condos on N. Orchard St. The sure-enough hospital high - rising will be pulverize and the plans integrate brick and terracotta buildings into a unexampled stretch of store space , which should bring a host of new shopping and dining options along Lincoln Ave .
Elevate Lincoln Park2518 - 2549 N Lincoln AveWhat ’s there now : The Lincoln Center buildingWhat ’s going in : A much declamatory apartment construction with nigh 200 - units and more retail space
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The Lincoln Center , known to anyone tantalize the Red Line as " that build up with the Tennis motor lodge , " occupies a location too premier for its paltry four floor , and a blueprint too ugly to be worth saving ; therefore , it will be coming down . Along with the Lincoln Common site just a few blocks aside Elevate Lincoln Park , as it has been dubbed , will sum up to the originate collection of opulence rentals along the spine of neighborhood . Retail blank wait to be pretty interchangeable to the current situation , but the building will tower over its neighbors and get rid of what was one of the most recognisable buildings along many a Chicagoans ’ commute .
River North and Gold Coast will add to the high-rise condo collection
Atrium Village RedevelopmentDivision & WellsWhat ’s there now : The old Atrium Village collection of apartmentsWhat ’s going in : A total renovation which will replace the nine - news report building with multiple gamey - rise and over 1,500 living accommodations unit
Atrium Village as it remain firm was an interesting experimentation , mean to work a motley - income residential area to the area , but the apartment great fenced - off gullible space and location set back from the street set apart it from its more urban surroundings . The overhaul of the Village will interchange all of that , turn an total auction block of low-toned denseness developing into modern high - wage hike , connected to the street with 40,000 ft of commercial space . There are plenty of flat building live on up all over the neighborhood but none will be as transformational as Atrium Village .
Wolf Point TowersFranklin St and the Chicago RiverWhat ’s there now : The nearly complete Wolf Point WestWhat ’s going in : Two more larger skyscraper , with the central one expected to top out around 1,000 foot
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There are n’t two many place in Chicago as prominent as Wolf Point , the meeting of the north branch and main theme of the Chicago River , and its getting a big face lifting with the new Wolf Point Towers development . Formerly command by the dated Chicago Sun - Times edifice , the riverbank site will get three sparkling newfangled apartment high - ascent sitting across the street from Merchandise Mart and seeable far down the river . With the first phase angle closely accomplished and phase two fracture ground River North is about to get a big inflow to its already booming sumptuousness market .
The SinclairClark & DivisionWhat ’s there now : twist cranes on the site of the old Jewel - OscoWhat ’s going in : One of the orotund transit oriented projects in the city , a 35 floor tower with a stain new Jewel
At long last the Gold Coast will curl cheerio to its blight of a supermarket at the box of Clark and Division . With its big street - level parking lot and run - down interior the old Jewel had been long hold back one of Chicago ’s most desirable dimension . In its place will be the Sinclair , a luxury residential high - rise with a brand new Jewel in the groundwork to serve the neighborhood . The edifice will be a commanding mien among the brick and stone , but there is niggling denying the beautification this block needed , and it ’s not as though the Gold Coast was in particular welcome to the mid range renter crowd before this anyway .
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The West Loop developes with more high-rises and boutique hotels
150 North RiversideRandolph St & Chicago RiverWhat ’s there now : The final tower , half builtWhat ’s going in : The gravid office construction under construction in Chicago , a 54 - story anatomical structure drop the river
Sitting astride the Chicago River and the Lake St ' L ' bridge 150 North Riverside will be a prominent new tentpole structure welcoming people to the West Loop . Unlike many of the other high - ascent go up in the city Riverside is 100 % part space , and is emblematic of the growing commercial push into West Loop surface area that speedily developing the few unused or underutilized rafts in the area . house physician and actor in this section of the neck of the woods can be assured it is only a issue of time before the whole expanse is a tall and dense as the Loop itself .
200 North GreenLake & GreenWhat ’s there now : Several older one and two write up warehousesWhat ’s lead in : A dress shop hotel with 170 rooms , office blank , and street - level retail
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With the success of the Soho House Hotel and the neighborhood ’s rep for destination dining the West Loop is see a not unexpected roar in hotel development . But while other role of the urban center have been betting on towering 400 - room lodging , developers in the West Loop have been more raw to both the areas ascetical characteristic and more and more mellow - end clients by stick to boutique hotel designs . Thus we get 200 N Green by the same firm , Shapack Partners , that didSoho House . feature an industrial steel and glassful design , the expected exploitation with not only impart more tourer and travelers to the area , but will contribute two floor of office space for the neighborhood ’s growing creative professional bearing .
One South HalstedHalsted & MadisonWhat ’s there now : A surface - level parking lotWhat ’s go in : A 50 - narration luxury residential construction
The longsighted - in - oblivion One South Halsted building face like it is finally moving forward as developer must make some kind of progress by June to annul losing their zoning amendment . While the whole Greektown area has seen plenty of developing One South Halsted would be a define structure in a large locating that will further metamorphose the old industrial corridor into the New urban landscape painting it seems destine to be .
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Nobu Hotel854 W RandolphWhat ’s there now : Vacant lotWhat ’s going in : An eight - story hotel
join 200 N Green in the class of dress shop hotel hopefuls is the Nobu , which will occupy a central space at Randolph St and Peoria . While other development in the area have circle around the hood ’s main drag on Randolph the project hotel will bring some height and flair to the eatery corridor itself , although the chopped down - size of the building wo n’t exchange the streetscape too drastically . And while the 76 - elbow room hotel wo n’t be a overwhelming mien it ’s indisputable to increase the infantry dealings of flush urbanites seek out small plate and $ 8 craft beer .
Fulton West1330 West FultonWhat ’s there now : The skeleton of an unfinished previous developmentWhat ’s going in:290,000sqft of office space
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The West Loop is n’t belong to be all dress shop hotels and luxury condos . With the arrival of Google and the opening of other reformist apt business place like WeWork it is also becoming one of Chicago ’s hottest point for commercial development . Taking over a previously bare twist , Fulton West is set to be one of the biggest raw structures in the area bringing nine story of nation - of - the - art commercial development with the hopes of attracting even more techie and originative worker to the West Loop . While the area west of Halsted has yet to see agency gamy - rises projects like this are sum an entire new property to the population of the West Loop .
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