Site prep and digging of the foundation have begun for a three-and-a-half-story plus basement, three-unit building at 1406 West Cuyler Avenue in Graceland West. A permit was issued for the property back on January 10, and last week, an excavator was delivered to the site in anticipation of work getting started. And now, general contractor Skal Construction & Development of Elk Grove Village has gotten to work.
Site map of 1406 West Cuyler Avenue, via Google Maps
The excavator has arrived in this photo taken 03/18/2025. Photo by Daniel Schell
Foundation work from the alley, 03/25/2025. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
GSL Design, based in Glenview, IL, is the architect of record for the project. Features detailed in the construction permit include an open metal stairway connecting to decks on all floors at the back of the building, plus a masonry porch on the north façade, fronting Cuyler Avenue. Until recently, there had been a small garage at the back of the property, but that structure has been demolished, and it is not being replaced. Instead, there will be three open parking spaces on a concrete slab.
There used to be a garage here. It will not be replaced. Photo by Daniel Schell
Construction permit posted on site.
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 1406 West Cuyler will be a one-block walk from CTA bus service via Route 80 on Irving Park Road. One block east of there, at Irving Park Road and Clark Street, are stops for the Route 22 Clark bus. Routes 9 and X9 are four blocks west at Ashland Avenue. The Route 80 Irving Park bus can be used to connect with the Irving Park Brown Line elevated platform to the west and the Sheridan Red Line platform to the east. Both are a little more than half a mile from the construction site.
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Happy to see development but that sure looks like a narrow plot of land between the two existing buildings. Very curious to see the new structure.
It’s a normal sized lot for Chicago, same size as the greystone next door