A permit has been issued to replace an 1898-built frame home at 3642 West Oakdale Avenue in Avondale with four new residential units. Manicorp, Inc of West Town received the permit on August 19 after filing an application back in May 2024, a wait of 451 days. It came through with a reported cost of $600,000.
Site context of 3642 West Oakdale, via Google Maps
The permit names Ricardo Ramos as the architect of record. The four-story building will include a basement and balconies on the three upper floors facing the street. A rear stairway will connect all four floors at the back of the building. A pair of surface parking spaces will be added on the alley off Monticello Avenue, which is itself more of an alley than a street. A special-use allowance was approved in November of last year to build one dwelling unit below the second floor.
From the alley, via Google Street View. Two surface parking spaces will replace the garage
The previous home on the property was permitted for demolition on July 23, 2024. Real estate records show it was sold in March of last year for $230,000. The Carlos Group was the contractor for demo work; Manicorp will handle their own general contractor duties for the new build.
Nearby CTA bus access, via Google Maps
3642 West Oakley is within a block’s walk of the CTA’s Route 56 bus on Milwaukee Avenue. A half-mile walk down Milwaukee leads to stops for Routes 56, 76, and 82 buses at the Milwaukee/Diversey/Kimball six-point intersection. The Belmont Blue Line subway station is just over half a mile northeast at Belmont and Kimball Avenues.
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Not usually a fan of older homes getting knocked down instead of rehabilitated, but 1) it’s a city and four units is certainly better than what’s here, and 2) this house looks far beyond saving.
It was never anything special, old doesn’t always mean historic in the sense that historic things have importance and significance. Those historic buildings that were demolished in River North and Wrigleyville are a different story because their designs were unique enough to be considered significant and justify preservation.
Why did the permit take 450 days to get approved? The developer probably paid $20k+ in holding costs waiting
“3642 West Oakley” in the last paragraph
Oakdale
“Why did the permit take 450 days”
It didn’t really. The proposal required a special use, being in a B3-2 zone, to allow residential on the first floor. ZBA No. 420-24-S, approved 11-18-24:
“Application for a special use to establish residential use below the second floor for a proposed fourstory, four dwelling unit building.”
9 months is still stupid long, but it’s a lot less than 450 days.