The Chicago Committee on Zoning has approved plans to upzone a large stretch of Broadway across the Far North Side. Earlier this year, we covered the announcement of the new initiative led by the Department of Planning and Development, aimed at upzoning lots along the thoroughfare between Montrose Avenue to the south and Devon Avenue to the north.
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Excavation is underway for a five-story, ten-unit residential building at 2206 West Lawrence Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Piles of sand and soil have built up at the back of the construction site as Longford Construction gets set to begin the foundation.
The first of a pair of three-flat permit have been issued by the city for a vacant lot on North Menard Avenue in Austin. On October 9, 30 North Menard received permission for three stories and three units, with the permit showing an application date of May 21 and a reported cost of $450,000.
Plans have been revealed for a residential development at 930 West Huron Street in River West. Located at the corner of North Sangamon Street and bounded by West Superior Street to the north, the project would replace an existing three-story loft building that most recently housed a pair of architecture offices, including that of Muller2, one of the firm behind O’Hare’s Terminal 5.
A demolition permit from the City of Chicago allows Loyola University to tear down Campion Hall on North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park ahead of redeveloping the site for a new center for nursing and science. The block-long three-story building addressed as 6551 North Sheridan extends from Loyola Avenue north to Albion Avenue.
