By September of 2015, Chicago will be home to not one, but two British School of Chicago campuses. On June 11, ground will be broken for a 98,202-square-foot British School of Chicago to be housed in a mixed-use development known as the Roosevelt Collection at 150 W. Roosevelt Road in the South Loop.
The newest eatery in Hyde Park’s Harper Court celebrated another milestone this morning, when more than a dozen community leaders turned out for the official ribbon cutting for Porkchop, the barbeque restaurant and whiskey bar that opened last month.
The developer of the old U.S. Steel South Works property threw the land into the mix of possible sites for President Barack Obama's library Tuesday, offering land to the University of Chicago to build the library.
Everyday Chicagoans came armed with plenty of ideas Wednesday night about where to locate a home for George Lucas' collection of art and movie memorabilia.
The Chicago Lakeside Development, a joint venture of McCaffery Interests and U.S. Steel Corporation, presented the Northwestern University student-led team, MeterGenius, with the second annual McCaffery-Lakeside Award.
Dan McCaffery takes on some tough projects, even for a big city developer. But two of his most important, controversial plans are moving ahead in early 2014.
The City Council voted Wednesday to rezone the former Children's Memorial Hospital site — the last step in the approval process for a plan that will bring huge new residential and commercial development to the property.
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved a proposal for two residential high-rises as part of a development blueprint for the site of the former Children's Memorial Hospital that has drawn the ire of some Lincoln Park neighborhood residents.
The Chicago Plan Commission yesterday unanimously voted to approve McCaffery Interests’ plan to build two 19-story apartment towers in Lincoln Park on the site of the former Children’s Memorial Hospital.
The plan — revised many times before — was equally derided and praised by public commenters at yesterday’s five-hour meeting. People criticized the density and complained about future truck traffic, while the design, new plazas, and addition of retail to a dead block received accolades.
