Housing & development

What’s being built in Chicago? What are the best neighborhoods to rent in? Find out about the latest properties, developments and construction in the city.

The California company PsiQuantum will anchor the new quantum computing campus at the old U.S. Steel site to build the country’s first utility-scale quantum computer, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said.
Los planes incluyen un auditorio, viviendas, parques y espacios peatonales como parte de un proyecto de 10 años de duración que podría comenzar en 2025.
Plans call for a music hall, housing, park and pedestrian-friendly spaces as part of a 10-year development project that could start as early as 2025.
Neither grocer has been confirmed, but both would help meet the growing population in Fulton Market and West Loop.
The plans, updated since the property was rezoned in 2021, would bring more than 600 apartments, including affordable units, to the neighborhood.
Ald. Andre Vasquez (40th) called out what he sees as a double standard in clearing the site in time for the DNC: “I didn’t think we would go from ‘Bring Chicago Home’ to ‘Hide Chicago’s Homeless,’ but here we are.”
The luxury apartment building was once the Mary H. Thompson Hospital and now boasts a slew of amenities and more than 200 units.
Housed in the historic Noel State Bank building, the store will be the bookseller’s fourth location in the Chicago area this year.
Proponents say widening the accessory dwelling unit program would combat the affordable housing shortage and add density to neighborhoods, but add that construction costs can rise quickly.
The NAR’s deadline to change its broker commission practices was expected to happen in July.
For about a year, the 548 Foundation’s Clean Energy Training Program has offered 10- to 13-week courses teaching skills to help students land jobs in the state’s burgeoning solar industry.
The nonprofit said it was unable to reach lease terms with its prospective landlord, Illinois video gambling mogul Rick Heidner.
The company occupies 45,000 square feet at the Fillmore Center, a $40 million development project that will bring more businesses to North Lawndale and create more jobs.
The building will put customers near the futures exchanges’ own tech center and promises speedy cloud-based access to the markets.
Council members from the Southwest and Northwest sides, with wards dominated by single-family homes, said allowing homeowners to turn attics, basements and garages into revenue-generating “granny flats” could create problems.
Chicago House will offer housing to 13 families on West 63rd Street in a neighborhood with a high rate of HIV infection. The site will also contain office space for staffers overseeing residential units citywide.
The owners plan to demolish three century-old buildings to make way for new apartments with rooftop pickleball courts and parking.
The building, according to the Chicago Urban League, is one of the most significant donations in its history and will help bolster its entrepreneurship and workforce development training.
Plans to add housing in the downtown corridor will help reinvigorate the district, architects and developers said, but there are still construction challenges with turning office spaces into residential units.
Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Park project has drawn criticism from local Ald. Scott Waguespack for its height and parking but it still cleared the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday.