Uptown's Building Boom Keeps Rolling: New Permits on Leland and Argyle, and a 149-Unit Tower Takes Its Next Step on Sheridan
By Socialhood News · Uptown ·
If you've been watching Uptown's construction landscape closely, this Monday brings another round of proof that the neighborhood's development momentum shows no sign of slowing. Three separate projects — a 12-story residential tower on Sheridan Road, a 32-unit building on Leland Avenue, and a 16-unit mixed-use development on Argyle Street — have each hit fresh milestones, adding to a pipeline of new housing and street-level retail that is quietly reshaping the neighborhood block by block.
**CRG's Sheridan & Wilson Tower Moves Forward at 4555 N. Sheridan**
The most substantial of the three updates involves a project at 4555 N. Sheridan Road — the corner of Sheridan and Wilson — where a foundation permit has been issued for a 12-story tower called Sheridan & Wilson. According to Building Up Chicago, the development is being brought forward by CRG, with design handled by BatesForum and general contracting by Clayco — both integrated companies under the broader CRG/Clayco brand, making this what Building Up Chicago describes as "a real in-house development." When complete, Sheridan & Wilson will deliver 149 apartments and 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, along with 29 exterior parking spots. A foundation permit is a concrete indicator that the project is moving from plans to physical reality: it authorizes the deep structural work that everything above ground depends on. No anticipated opening date has been announced yet, but the permit milestone means vertical construction is the next chapter to watch at this prominent Sheridan corridor address — just steps from the Wilson CTA Red Line station.
For neighbors familiar with how rapidly this stretch of Sheridan has been transforming, Sheridan & Wilson is one more significant addition to a corridor that now includes the topped-out 303-unit tower at 4600 N. Marine and the Portrait mixed-use building at Sheridan and Sunnyside. At 149 units, the CRG project is a meaningful contributor to Uptown's housing supply in its own right — and its ground-floor retail component will add another active storefront address to a block that already draws heavy foot traffic from the Wilson Red Line stop.
**32 New Units Permitted on Leland Avenue**
A few blocks away, a full building permit has been issued for a new development at 936 W. Leland Avenue, according to Urbanize Chicago. The project will bring 32 residential units to a Leland address that sits in the heart of one of Uptown's most established residential corridors — a quieter, tree-lined stretch that connects the neighborhood's busier commercial arteries. Full building permits represent the city's formal green light for construction to begin: financing is in place, plans are approved, and the project can break ground. For a street like Leland, 32 new units represent a notable infill addition that will bring new residents to an address with easy access to Uptown's dining, transit, and lakefront amenities.
**Mixed-Use Development Permitted at 1101 W. Argyle**
The third milestone lands on Argyle Street itself — the celebrated corridor that anchors Uptown's Vietnamese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian business community. A full building permit has been issued for a mixed-use development at 1101 W. Argyle Street, according to Urbanize Chicago, with the project set to include 16 residential units and ground-floor retail space. Argyle Street has been in the middle of its own sustained transformation in recent years, with upper-floor commercial spaces converting to residential use and new construction filling gaps in the streetscape. A new mixed-use building at 1101 W. Argyle adds both housing and a new retail address to one of Chicago's most culturally distinctive commercial strips — and continues the pattern of residential density arriving hand-in-hand with street-level activation that has defined Argyle's recent evolution.
**What It All Adds Up To**
Taken together — a foundation permit for a 149-unit tower at Sheridan and Wilson, a full building permit for 32 units on Leland, and a full building permit for 16 units and retail on Argyle — these three updates represent well over 190 new homes in various stages of permitting and construction across Uptown's geography. None of them are the neighborhood's single biggest story on their own, but that's precisely the point: Uptown's transformation is not a single dramatic headline. It is dozens of projects, at every scale, advancing simultaneously across the neighborhood's streets — from a tower that will reshape the Sheridan skyline to a 16-unit building that will bring new neighbors to Argyle's most storied block.
Which of these projects are you most excited to see rise? Drop your thoughts in the comments and stay connected at exploreuptown.org!
Sources:
1. https://buildingupchicago.com/category/uptown/
2. https://chicago.urbanize.city/neighborhood/uptown