Chicago's most active real estate developers, 2026
The developers building the most in Chicago in 2025 and 2026, from city permit records and public reporting: 18 developers and their active projects, with the source behind every row. Built by TERAMOK, a Chicago real estate marketing agency, and free to cite.
Updated 26 September 2026 · Compiled by TERAMOK research, reviewed by Kirill Samarits
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Related Midwest, with Chicago Fire FC
Mixed-useThe 78: Chicago Fire stadium, 1331 S Wells StSouth Loop · 22,000-seat stadium, $750M privately funded; $102M superstructure permit - 02
Related Midwest and CRG
OtherIllinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, 3733 E 87th StSouth Chicago · 128-acre campus; PsiQuantum anchor of about 300,000 sq ft; $100M core and shell permit - 03
Bally's Corporation
Mixed-useBally's Chicago casino-resort, 705 W Chicago AveRiver West · $1.7B project with a 500-room hotel; $580M interior permit - 04
Onni Group
Mixed-useHalsted Pointe Phase 1, 931 N Halsted StGoose Island · 46 stories, 460 units (92 affordable); master plan up to 2,650 units; $190M permit - 05
Vista Property Group
ResidentialPearl Fulton Market, 370 N Morgan StFulton Market · About 494 units; first phase of a roughly 1,500-unit plan - 06
Riverside Investment & Development
Conversion566 W Van Buren St; Field Building, 135 S LaSalle StWest Loop and the Loop · 199 units at 566 W Van Buren; 386 units plus 92,000 sq ft commercial at the Field Building - 07
The Prime Group, with Capri Investment Group
Conversion208 S LaSalle St; 111 W Monroe St; Thompson Center redevelopmentThe Loop · 226 units at 208 S LaSalle; 345 units at 111 W Monroe (reported) - 08
Golub & Company
Conversion30 N LaSalle StThe Loop · About 349 units (reported figures vary) - 09
Tree Street Group and Magellan Development Group
Residential410 N Elizabeth StFulton Market · 33 stories, 383 units (77 affordable); Chicago's first all-electric geothermal apartment tower - 10
The Habitat Company and Cabrera Capital Partners
AffordableLeClaire Courts Phase 1Garfield Ridge · 183 units; full site up to 700 units - 11
The Community Builders and McCaffery Interests
AffordableSouthbridge Phase 1C, 2305 S State StNear South Side · 80 mixed-income units - 12
The Michaels Organization, with KMW Communities and TruDelta
AffordableHub 32, 136 N Kedzie AveEast Garfield Park · 51 affordable units with retail - 13
CEDARst Companies
Residential1338 W Lake StFulton Market · 32 stories, 321 units - 14
Domus Real Estate Group
Residential215 N Racine AveFulton Market · 29 stories, 347 units (20% affordable) - 15
F&F Realty Partners
Residential1060 W Van Buren StWest Loop · 325 units with retail - 16
Honore Properties and Peerless Development
Residential1415 N Dayton StLincoln Park · 28 stories, 340 units - 17
Lagfin and R2 Companies
ConversionThe Bellwether, 79 W Monroe StThe Loop · 117 units - 18
Sterling Bay
Mixed-useLincoln YardsLincoln Park and Bucktown · Originally planned at 53 acres
How this list was built. City of Chicago Data Portal, building permits dataset ydr8-5enu: permit type NEW CONSTRUCTION, issued 1 January 2025 to 25 September 2026, reported cost $10M or more (query run 26 September 2026). Phased permits repeat a project's cost, so value is counted once per site. Office-to-residential conversions file as renovations and are added from public reporting. Permit owners are usually project LLCs, so each developer is confirmed by a news or public-record source. Figures are as reported on 26 September 2026; statuses change. Developers can send corrections or additions to info@teramok.us. Free to cite with a link to this page.
Questions about developers in Chicago.
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Chicago new development marketing- Which real estate developers are most active in Chicago in 2026?
- Based on permits and public reporting: Related Midwest (The 78 and the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park), Bally's, Onni Group (Halsted Pointe), Vista Property Group (Pearl Fulton Market), Riverside Investment & Development, The Prime Group, Golub & Company, Tree Street Group with Magellan, and The Habitat Company, among others listed on this page.
- Which Chicago developers are building mixed-use projects?
- Related Midwest at The 78 in the South Loop, Onni Group at Halsted Pointe on Goose Island, and Bally's at its River West casino-resort are the largest mixed-use projects in the 2025 to 2026 permit record.
- Where is Chicago development concentrated?
- Near West Side (Fulton Market and West Loop), West Town, Near North Side and Lincoln Park lead the $10M+ new-construction permits; the Loop leads office-to-residential conversions along LaSalle Street.
- How was this list built, and can a developer correct it?
- From the City of Chicago permit dataset plus a second public source for each developer, as of 26 September 2026. Developers can send corrections or additions to info@teramok.us.