Good day, development hawks! 'Tis the season for all-out escalation of building construction. There's a couple good months left before the winter slowdown for developers to realize significant progress on their projects, and so it's a fine time to catch up with what's going down in the city. But first, we had to decide where to draw the line. If you included every 5-story construction and retail cluster, it'd make for an awfully busy map. Thus, we chose to plot only those under-construction, near-construction, or recently completed buildings that noticeably alter the streetscape and/or community. We landed on 25, listed below. Most of the developments are at a measurable stage. A few are so big and disruptive that we couldn't pass them up. And it's likely that several more ought to be included, which we'll be tending to in the coming weeks. On with the show!

Ritz-Carlton Residences · Lincoln Park 2520 · 1225 Old Town · Coast at Lakeshore East · Harper Court · Optima Center · Summit on Lake · K2 at K-Station · Tri-Hotel Project · East-West University Dorm · Waterview Tower · Habitat Tower · AMLI River North · Jones College Prep · Admiral at the Lake · 500 North Lake Shore Drive · 435 North Park Drive · Wolf Point · Children's Memorial Redevelopment · Navy Pier Redevelopment · River Point Tower · One South Halsted · The Maxwell Apartments · Roosevelt University's Vertical Campus · Logan Center for the Arts