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November 2007: Environmental abatement of 428 W. St. James will be completed by mid-November 2007. Demolition of the building will take place between mid-November 2007 and end of January 2008.

September 2007: Click here to learn more about the community meeting regarding proposed revisions for 2520 N. Lakeview.

August 2007: The demolition of the hospital building is approximately 50 percent complete. The south hospital building’s demolition will be complete by mid September 2007. The demolition of the north hospital building (which currently houses the sales center) is scheduled to begin in December 2007. This demolition will take approximately three months. Demolition of the parking garage is scheduled to begin in December 2008.

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01/17/07 - Omega Demolition will be working on Saturday, January 20th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, they will be working until 7 p.m. on Monday (January 22nd), Tuesday (January 23rd), and Wednesday (January 24th) of next week. This work is required to make up time for general delays Omega Demolition has encountered.

01/12/07 - Omega Demolition will be working until 7 p.m. each weekday through Friday, January 19th. In addition, they will be working Saturday, January 13th, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. This work is required to make up time for general delays Omega Demolition has encountered in completing their work.

11/11/06 - Interior demolition and environmental abatement began on Monday, November 13th, 2006. Please note that one parking lane was closed along St. James Place, Lakeview Avenue, and Deming Place, effective Wednesday, November 15th in order to begin construction of the perimeter barricade. Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) posted the required 24-hour notification on Tuesday, November 14th. No exterior demolition will take place before the perimeter barricade is fully constructed.