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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

General Iron permit denied, questions arise around casino proposals, and more

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February 20, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Merchandise Mart makeover, new bike lanes coming to Uptown and Wicker Park, and more

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January 23, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

Salesforce tops out, CDOT looks to overhaul North Side junction, and more

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January 15, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

BoA Tower sells, CME trading floors to become substation, and more

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January 7, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

What is Chicago’s most anticipated project? Vote now!

Megaprojects that will break ground in 2022 go head-to-head

January 3, 2022 by Lukas Kugler

How Place Informs Space

Looking at how location impacted some of 2021’s newest projects

December 30, 2021 by Lukas Kugler

More details for casino bids, year-end construction countdown, and more

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December 18, 2021 by Lukas Kugler

City funds affordable housing, feds probe aldermanic privilege, and more

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December 11, 2021 by Lukas Kugler

DPD Selects 12 Projects for Adopt-A-Landmark Grants

Funding will support planned preservation projects citywide

December 5, 2021 by Lukas Kugler

Gas station canceled, CTA looks to speed up accessibility fixes, and more

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December 4, 2021 by Lukas Kugler

Chicago's disappearing two- to four-flats, Fulton Market gets hotter + more news

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May 19, 2021 by Jay Koziarz

Time running out to save Thompson Center, Uptown neighbors fight apartment plan + more news

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May 12, 2021 by Jay Koziarz