The property at 843 South Miller Street in Little Italy has been permitted for a four-story, five-unit residential building. A previous home on the site was demolished last year, though there remains some foundation work to dig up. Song Development & Management is both the developer and the general contractor for the project, with a reported construction cost of $600,000.
Site context of 843 South Miller Street, via Google Maps
Photo by Daniel Schell
The new construction permit was issued on March 7, with an application date of December 24, 2024. The only details noted are stairs at the rear of the building, and a pair of surface parking spaces accessed from the alley at the rear of the lot. There was no garage included with the previous home, which received a demolition permit on March 1 of last year. Real estate records show the home was built in 1888, and was purchased by Song Development in November 2023 for $500,000.
Some of the previous foundation remains. Photo by Daniel Schell
UIC’s Science and Engineering Building can be seen in the background. Photo by Daniel Schell
843 South Miller Street is just one block west of the UIC campus. Public transit is available via CTA Route 157 Streeterville-Taylor buses at the south end of the block, at Taylor Street. For north-south travel, the Route 60 bus to the west at Racine Avenue and the Route 8 bus to the east at Halsted Street are each within a half-mile walk. The UIC-Halsted Blue Line platform is about half a mile northeast at the Eisenhower Expressway.
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