Demolition resumed this week on 3627 North Sheffield Avenue, the last of the trio of buildings torn down for redevelopment just beyond Wrigley Field’s right-field bleachers. The former home of Skybox on Sheffield, it was…
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A local developer building a pair of three-flats on South Vincennes Avenue in Grand Boulevard now has permission to add six more units to the site. A permit issued on May 14 allows McBrearty Construction Company to erect a four-story building with a basement at 4437 South Vincennes. The permit came through just 13 days after its application start date of May 1, and it includes a reported cost of just over $2.1 million.
The three-building campus formerly home to House of the Good Shepherd is in the process of being torn down, as the Chicago Cubs look to expand their “Camry” parking lot on West Grace Street just north of Wrigley Field. House of the Good Shepherd called the site home from 1907 into the 2020s, tearing down the original buildings and erecting new ones in the mid-1970s. The Cubs purchased the property in 2024.
A new construction permit for 3222 North Clifton Avenue in Lake View means the end is near for a 1900-built greystone on the property. P O’Connell Construction LLC got a permit on May 13 to erect a three-story plus basement, three-unit building here with a reported cost of $925,000. The permit had been pending in the city’s data portal since January 7.
The Chicago Committee on Zoning has approved the mixed-use proposal at 2652 West Chicago Avenue in West Town. Sitting on the corner with North Washtenaw Avenue, the project was revealed in 2025 and updated this past February. This was due to feedback from neighbors on the density, parking, and rental nature of the property, which spilled over into our comments.
