The City issued a final permit for the top two stories of ZSD Corp’s 149‑unit River North project as caisson crews drill at the site. Permits and zoning variations clear the way for work through 2027.

Owners of Round Lake’s Treehouse in the Woods are pitching all 220 units to a single buyer for $59.5M in a rare bulk-deconversion offering.

Mayor Johnson’s administration is directing $33 million to 58 neighborhood projects across Chicago, from a Black‑owned brewery to a Little Village visitor center.

Horizon Realty Group paid about $17.3M for a 49‑unit Lincoln Park courtyard building at 506 West Deming Place, adding another North Side multifamily asset to its portfolio.

Lockwood defaulted on a $44.2M loan tied to the MetroSouth redevelopment, putting the 12.5‑acre Blue Island campus at risk of foreclosure. Court filings name the lender and set a June hearing.

The Zoning Board of Appeals cleared a variation for Growing Home’s Englewood campus, allowing a roughly 30,000‑sq‑ft processing and training building plus 26,000 sq ft of farm. The move opens the door to permitting and construction.

Developers want to convert the long‑vacant Loretto Academy in Woodlawn into about 55 affordable and mixed‑income rentals; a public meeting is set for Monday evening.

A 19.4‑acre Glenview office campus sold for about $14 million and will be redeveloped into 60 single‑family lots marketed to empty‑nesters.

A five‑story, 19‑unit apartment building is planned at 2724 N. Lehmann Ct in Lincoln Park; the proposal requests multiple zoning variances and includes no on‑site parking. A community meeting is set for Jan. 12.

Related Midwest’s north tower at 400 N. Lake Shore has its 66th floor staged for a pour as crews press toward a 72‑story topping out and DuSable Park advances. The project aims for openings around 2027.

Amazon has proposed a 229,000‑square‑foot retail center on the former Petey’s II site at 159th and LaGrange in Orland Park. The Plan Commission will review the project Tuesday.

Chicago‑based Evergreen broadened its footprint in 2025 — finishing local affordable projects while opening a Denver office and winning Colorado tax credits. The firm says conservative underwriting and creative financing kept growth on track.

Demolition and new-construction permits filed show the Lola’s Coney Island storefront on West Chicago will be replaced by a four-story, 15-unit mixed-use building. The team says the food truck will continue.