A residential development at 4907 North Paulina Street that came to light in February of this year received its new construction permit from the City of Chicago on August 27. Slated for construction is a four-story, 32-unit building from developer Hayes Properties and Dale Foster Architects. The permit, which was applied for in October of 2023, estimates construction costs at $3 million. Moments Notice Services has been hired to be the general contractor; their MNS banners hang on the construction fencing surrounding the property.
Rendering of 4907 N Paulina Street by Foster Dale Architects
Rendering of 4907 N Paulina Street by Foster Dale Architects
Google Maps satellite view of the site, which is now a vacant lot.
Containing a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three bedroom units, 4907 North Paulina will include 27 off-street parking spaces at the rear of the property and a bicycle storage room for residents. Balconies will adorn west-facing apartments along Paulina Street on the three upper floors, as well as the façades facing the courtyard.
Construction site for 4907 North Paulina in Uptown. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Four residential buildings, at 4907, 4911, 4915, and 4917, were demolished to make way for the new development, which will be located between Bethany Methodist medical center to the north and another Hayes development, 4901 North Paulina, to the south.
New construction permit, issued 08/27/2024. Via Chicago Data Portal
via Chicago Data Portal
via Chicago Data Portal
via Chicago Data Portal
via Chicago Data Portal
Upon completion, residents of 4907 North Paulina will be within a short walk of CTA Routes 9, 22, and 81 buses. The Ravenswood Metra station is about half a mile southwest. The nearest elevated train is the Damen Brown Line platform, almost a mile southwest.
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What a great infill. It’s historic in layout with the U-shaped footprint, there’s plenty of green space in front (really rare in new construction) and it’s proportionate to the surrounding buildings. I question whether they can build all this for $3 million but for +32 new residences on a vacant lot, that’s a win.
There’s way too many demolitions going on in Chicago for a city that is literally filled with vacant lots… the amount of vacant lots, strip malls, parking lots across the city that are left unscathed meanwhile historical buildings are torn down is crazy. This isn’t Manhattan where 40+ story buildings have to be torn down because the entire area is built up
Once again, dumb comment.
Not a dumb comment. This building is an exception beacuse it is significantly increasing density on thes plots of land, but there are so many articles on this very website of vintage buildings being torn down to create modern buildings with the exact same (or modest increase in) number of units. Those “1 for 1” developments only benefit the developer and those individuals who can afford new construction prices.
It’s dumb because it accounts for no sense of scale or desirability.
If all goes well, this structure could provide homes for 32 households at less than $100k a unit (construction). That is remarkable for housing affordability.
Two of the homes torn down were pretty dumpy, and the other two have their “character” replaced by a much more efficient Chicago vernacular.
Both New York and Toronto are such bad examples to compare to Chicago. Half of the towers in Toronto today have only height to add to their significance. There is a growing concern that many towers are built with inferior quality. Miami has some unique architecture, but it’s a ticking time bomb regarding livability and flooding. Its downtown is mostly a playground for the rich as the state continues to sprawl in vital floodplains.
So yes, it’s a dumb comment in the form of a silly rant. If so concerned about pedestal placement, I recommend becoming a developer and doing some more walking instead of b*tching.
It’s not dumb at all. It’s a very valid point that this city has a problem with land banking that comes at the expense of vintage architecture. This particular example is very inoffensive but look at the three greystones across wrigley on the chopping block. That happens way too much in Chicago
I love how this echoes chicagos earlier architecture, excited to see how the modern version comes out. I like the balconies too
The people of this blog are so funny.
There’s definitely conflicting opinions/people, but as a quick summary:
– we want quick development that avoids most government hindrance, but we want to pick and choose which plots of land are worthy of change.
– we want gold standard architecture, but we’re tired of an over saturation of luxury units
– we’re envious of luxury residential towers, but majority of Chicagoans would never be able to afford said towers
– we want less traffic congestion, but there’s never enough parking provided on-site
– there’s a plethora of vacant land, but we’re upset when the government is the developer in such areas
– we want improved affordability, but policy embracing mixed income housing in new developments is too much government overreach (LET THE MARKET DECIDE)
– we’re tired of older neighborhoods of embracing new development, but we constantly complain about commercial vacancies
This game of ping pong can only go on for so long…
Yeah it’s called living in a society where people have competing opinions on how to spend limited resources. Welcome to your first day of democracy.
Is it really democracy when the previous and more influential group sets up arbitrary rules and regulations for the next generation to follow?
They had the freedom to develop in a less restrictive manner. They had the opportunity to be more free form with their thinking, but now it’s everyone’s business on what comes next. A majority of what comprises Chicago’s skyline would probably not exist in today’s nosy agenda.
Great addition to the neighborhood. Easy walking distance to the Metra or Clark St bus and a doable hike to Brown or Red line. 32 new families to support local businesses and the buildings it replaces were small and dumps. Chicago needs to grow its tax base or we will be the next Detroit.