The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the redevelopment of the historic Up Top Building within historic Altgeld Gardens. Located at 13100 South Ellis Avenue, the curved one-story building long served as the commercial hub of the surrounding community prior to falling into disrepair after years of disinvestment in the area.
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A two-unit residential building has been approved to replace a 140-year-old single-family home in Avondale permitted for demolition back in May. A permit for 2942 North Gresham Avenue that hit the Chicago Data Portal on April 22 came through with a reported cost of $500,000 on June 16.
Another mixed-use conversion is progressing in The Loop as the historical structure at 19 South LaSalle Street has received approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals. Announced a few years back as part of LaSalle Street Reimagined, we most recently covered the project back in January as the building received landmark status.
Foundation work is done, and construction is now underway on the first floor of the five-story, 32-unit residential development at 936 West Leland Avenue in Uptown. Concrete block has shaped the stair and elevator cores through the center of the site, and the front wall in underway at ground level. Along the alley, work on the north wall is just getting started.
A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the second project of the city’s Missing Middle Infill Housing initiative in North Lawndale. Announced just over a year ago, the Lawndale sites are part of a larger initiative led by the city to redevelop vacant lots into affordable homes for local residents. This comes after another project already broke ground on seven two-flats.
