A permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to begin construction on a new three-story, five-unit building at 2025 West Augusta Boulevard in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood of West Town. Castleview Holdings, an LLC registered in Park Ridge, IL, is named as the developer, and they’ll also be the general contractor as Castleview Construction. An application for the permit was filed on March 4, and it was approved 14 days later on March 18. The reported cost of construction is just over $2 million.
Site context of 2025 West Augusta Boulevard via Google Maps
The double lot sits next door to the St. Stephen King of Hungary Roman Catholic Church at 2015 West Augusta. Features of the new building include a deck and stair enclosure on the roof, plus terraces and balconies on the exterior. A five-car garage will be built on the alley at the rear of the property. Hanna Architects is named as the architect of record.
A demolition permit for the garage structure only was issued on June 21, 2023. The existing building, which real estate records indicate was built in 1903, has not been permitted for razing. It last sold back in December 2019 for $955,000.
The garage was permitted for demolition in 2023. Image via Google Street View
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 2025 West Augusta will be one block east of CTA bus service via Route 50 at Damen Avenue. The Route 70 bus runs four blocks north at Division Street, and the Route 66 bus runs four blocks south at Chicago Avenue. The nearest L stop is the Division Blue Line subway station, about three-quarters of a mile northeast at the Division/Milwaukee/Ashland intersection in Wicker Park.
The following photos were taken Saturday, March 22:
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
back of the building from the alley. The garage was demolished in 2023. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
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Tell me you’re a new construction developer without telling me you’re a new construction developer.
Perhaps I don’t totally understand the machinations of construction in Chicago, but what does it even mean when a construction permit is issued but a demolition permit isn’t? Is the demolition permit a foregone conclusion at this point?
I hope the existing building is not demolished. This is exactly how we get an unaffordable city: all of the moderately priced units in older homes are razed for luxury buildings that don’t even bring the city any new housing units. Just replacing moderately priced units with expensive ones while adding nothing to the overall supply.
The demo permit is pretty much a forgone conclusion. It’s not at all unusual for the new construction permit to be issued before the demo permit. Often, the new permit will mention that the demo permit is still pending. This one does not.