Updated details have been revealed for the redevelopment of the American Islamic College (AIC) building at 640 West Irving Park Road in Uptown. Sitting along Inner Lake Shore Drive, the project has been in the works for over four years and has seen various iterations and funding strategies. Now, the project will proceed without the proposed high-rise.
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A permit issued by the City of Chicago on August 27 allows a Lombard developer to construct the first of two planned two-flat residential buildings on South Kolin Avenue in North Lawndale. Lashley Construction Group will start with 1321 South Kolin, for which an application was filed on July 5 of this year. Next door, an application for 1317 South Kolin was filed two weeks prior, on June 21. The first permit comes through with a reported cost of $250,000.
Further details have been revealed for the upcoming mixed-use redevelopment of the existing structure at 167 North Morgan Street in Fulton Market. Located mid-block between West Randolph Street and West Lake Street, the existing three-story industrial building has sat vacant for the last few years across the street from the newly completed The Dylan.
Three demolition permits were issued on July 30 to tear down the Torstenson Glass buildings on North Sheffield Avenue in Lake View, and work is now underway to raze two of them. 3233 North Sheffield, considered by many to be the best of the lot, is still intact, but 3241 and 3247 North Sheffield are both in varied states of ruin. Apex Construction Group is the demolition contractor on the job.
Plans have been revealed for a new mixed-use project at 3208-3216 West Armitage Avenue within Logan Square. Located just west of the intersection with North Kedzie Avenue, the proposal would replace a vacant lot along with a one-story commercial structure. Plans were presented at a community meeting late last week.
