Plans for the upcoming accessible housing development at 754 West Belden Avenue have been approved by the Chicago City Council. Sitting on the corner with North Halsted Street in Lincoln Park, the project has been in the works for over a year and has seen a few facade iterations as it prepares to replace an existing two-story structure and its adjoining parking lot.
There are a lot of big caisson jobs getting started in Chicago, and DePaul University has tipped off on one of their own with work underway for the new sports practice facility at Sheffield and Belden Avenues in Lincoln Park. It’s still early in the first quarter for teammates Bully & Andrews and concrete contractor Adjustable Concrete, who got permission to drill and fill caissons on May 5. Also on the starting team is Thatcher Foundations; their rig is running drills.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for a new school building at 335 West Belden Avenue in Lincoln Park. Sitting just east of the intersection with North Clark Street, the project would demolish an existing four-story residential building to make way for a $39 million expansion of Francis W. Parker School directly behind the site.
It was the third of September, a day they’ll always remember at the First Romanian Baptist Church in Lincoln Park, because that was the day a permit came through to demolish the frame church building at 2622 North Ashland Avenue. Pending for 69 days since its application start date of June 26, the permit came through with a reported cost of $20,000. Carlos Group Inc is named as the demo contractor.
The replacement permit was issued on Tuesday, September 1 for an 1888-built multi-unit residence in Lincoln Park that was permitted for demolition back in June. Landex Holding Company LLC now has permission to erect a three-story plus basement, four-unit building at 950 West Willow Street. The permit had been pending in the data portal since April 4, a duration of 150 days, and it came through with a reported cost of $950,000.
