The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved rezoning to allow construction of the new 22,000-seat soccer stadium for the Chicago Fire Football Club that team owner Joe Mansueto wants to build in The 78 neighborhood of the South Loop. Zoning Committee and full City Council approval are the next steps toward getting shovels in the ground.
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The residential conversion of The Pittsfield Building at 55 East Washington Street in The Loop has received the blessing of the Chicago Plan Commission. Developer Tom Liravongsa, The Skyscraper Guy, submitted a request to rezone the tower from DR-10 Downtown Residential District to DX-16 Downtown Residential District and then to Residential Business Planned Development so he can turn empty office space into 214 dwelling units, including 43 units set aside as on-site affordable.
A three-story with basement Ukrainian Village building that received a permit for an addition back in March now has permission to build an Additional Dwelling Unit in the basement. Volo Holdings is the recipient of the ADU permit, which adds a fourth residence to the three-unit building at 2114 West Augusta Boulevard.
Demolition of the commercial building at 424 South Wabash Avenue in The Loop is complete, with the structure razed from the site and the old foundation dug away and smoothed over. That means site prep is the next step toward the upcoming Marriott Tribute Portfolio Hotel long planned for the site.
Demolition is imminent for a single-story commercial building that used to house the Polonia Dairy Company in Ukrainian Village. A permit to construct a six-flat residential project at 903 North Winchester Avenue was issued by the city on September 16, with wrecking permission still pending.
