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CTA unveils final design for blocks underneath new Red Line tracks

The design is part of the Red-Purple Modernization project

March 5, 2025 by Lukas Kugler

These are Chicago’s 7 Most Endangered Buildings in 2025

The list includes churches, home, industrial buildings, and an 1870s office building

March 4, 2025 by Lukas Kugler

Where do Chicago’s mega developments stand?

Many projects have been approved with little built years later

December 31, 2024 by Lukas Kugler

Urbanize Wrapped: Chicago’s Top Ten Articles of 2024

White Sox at The 78, 720 N. Wells, and 925 W. Belmont top the charts

December 30, 2024 by Lukas Kugler

CTA awards Red Line Extension construction contract

The project is expecting to break ground in late 2025

August 19, 2024 by Lukas Kugler

Final design for Redefine the Drive proposes lakefront highway with no transit priority

See the full set of renderings below for what IDOT and CDOT have planned

August 12, 2024 by Lukas Kugler

Chicago developers incorporate unique amenities

Urbanize looks at the unique offerings of recent developments

July 28, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

City Council passes Connected Communities Ordinance

The ordinance will update the city’s TOD ordinance through the lens of equity

July 25, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Lightfoot releases We Will Chicago draft

The framework looks to resolve a history of inequity

July 22, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Chicago named 2nd best city in the world

Our city is second only to Edinburgh and the best in the US

July 19, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Mayor Lightfoot introduces Connected Communities Ordinance

The expanded TOD ordinance will offer wider affordability and less parking requirements

June 27, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

POP! Plazas planned for West Garfield Park and Chatham

The two plazas were picked out of eight RFP responses

April 4, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Discover Partners Institute gets land, Focal Point Campus gets funding, and more

Here’s what we’re reading this week

March 26, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

City shortlists three bids for new casino

Both McCormick Place pitches have been thrown out

March 24, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Plan Commission adopts Neighborhood Design Guidelines

The document aims to provide guidance for neighborhood commercial corridors

March 23, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

The 2022 Chicago 7 Most Endangered Buildings announced

Preservation Chicago releases its annual 2022 list of threatened historic buildings

March 10, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Lightfoot to renew push to eliminate aldermanic prerogative, new commercial leases, and more

Here’s what we’re reading this this week

March 5, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

CTA plans for all-electric bus fleet by 2040

The “Charging Forward” study outlines the transition plan for the next two decades

March 1, 2022 by Lukas Kugler