The Lawndale Christian Development Corporation has received permission this month to build 10 affordable single-family homes in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Eight permits were issued on June 10, one on June 9, and one on June 5. Their applications were filed between November 2024 and January of this year, and each permit shows a reported construction cost of $300,000.
Each residence is to be two stories with no basements. No parking, either surface or garage, is mentioned. The homes carry the same specifications as those permitted for The Resurrection Project in Back of the Yards. Deon Lucas of Beehyyve is again named as the architect of record, with Toro Construction Corp of Orland Park listed as the general contractor for four of these houses. J & J Home Builders LLC of Oak Park will construct the remaining six homes.
*Approximate* locations of the ten permitted homes, via Google Maps
The new builds are permitted for the following addresses:
1421 South Avers Avenue
1849 South Central Park Avenue
1904 South Christiana Avenue (issued 06/05/2025)
1908 South Christiana Avenue
1930 South Christiana Avenue (issued 06/09/2025)
1930 South Drake Avenue
1856 South Hamlin Avenue
1822 South Ridgeway Avenue
1857 South Sawyer Avenue
1863 South Sawyer Avenue
There are at least ten more homes pending in the Chicago Data Portal for addresses on those streets, including three on Sawyer and three on Ridgeway.
Lawndale Christian Development Corporation received permits to build four homes on the 1600 block of South Avers Avenue back in 2021 and 2022. Google Street View images show two of them completed. 1623 South Avers is a modular home that records show sold in November 2021, while 1621 South Avers is a wood frame structure that was purchased in 2022. Neither home is a Beehyyve design.
1621 and 1623 South Avers, via Google Street View. Lawndale Christian Development Corporation got permits for these in early 2021
While the addresses are spread out over a sizable portion of the North Lawndale area, each home is well served by CTA transit options. Three Pink Line platform, at Pulaski, Central Park, and Kedzie, are located within walking distance. Nearby bus stops include Routes 18, 52, 53, 82, and 157.
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Really wonderful to see these projects moving forward on vacant lots in these neighborhoods. Occupied lots are a key to these communities thriving, as they attract grocery stores, restaurants, shops, etc.