A four-story plus basement, three-unit residential building has been permitted to replace a single-family residence authorized for demolition in July. On August 17, the city issued a permit for 911 West Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park that entered the data portal on July 31. It comes with a reported cost of $889,982.
In Lincoln Park, one of the more unique facadectomies in the city is moving closer to exterior completion. At 2700 North Pine Grove Avenue, the former Second Church of Christ, Scientist was gutted while its east, west, and south Beaux Arts facades were shored up for preservation, and has been rebuilt to hold 22 dwelling units.
An August 10 permit issued by the City of Chicago allows for the construction of a three-story plus basement, two-unit residential building at 2624 North Racine Avenue in Lincoln Park. The recipient of the permit, Eirpol LLC of Hinsdale, is both the developer and general contractor, working with plans by architect of record Michael Cox & Associates. Permission came through a month and two days after its application start date, and includes a reported cost of $785,000.
The full construction permit for DePaul University’s controversial basketball center on North Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park was issued on Thursday, the 6th of August. The permit, addressed as 2300 North Sheffield, had been waiting in the data portal since April 6, a duration of 122 days, and with it comes a reported cost of $42,392,000. It was preceded by permission to begin caisson work on June 5 and a stormwater management permit on July 25. Bully & Andrews is the general contractor, working on plans drawn by Antunovich Associates.
Demolitions have begun for a row of vintage buildings on North Sheffield Avenue on the DePaul University campus in Lincoln Park ahead of construction the school’s new basketball center. Heneghan Wrecking received permits to tear down 2308 North Sheffield on July 20 and 2314 North Sheffield one day later. Each of those permits shows a reported cost of $47,000, but there are three other structures to tear down, and it isn’t clear if that figure covers all five, or just each of the first two.
