Chicago Real Estate News & Neighborhood Notes

Construction has officially begun on the massive new Lincoln Common mixed-use development, which will take over the 6-acre site that was once the home of Lincoln Park’s Children’s Memorial Hospital. 

Officially located at the corner of Fullerton, Lincoln, and Halsted, Lincoln Commons will bring 1.1 million square feet of new office, retail, and residential space to the neighborhood, which will apparently include 105,000 square feet of retail space and 540 apartment and condo residences. 

As noted by Curbed, only a construction permit for the 7-story assisted living structure has been issued for The Lincoln Common project, although you can still get a better glimpse at that the full project will entail thanks to a number of new renderings that were released by the architectural firms associated with the development, Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Antunovich Associates.

Photos: http://www.som.com/projects/the_lincoln_common