A new residential permit issued by the city on December 18 will deliver a multi-unit building at 1658 North Burling Street in Lincoln Park. Showing an application date not even two months old, the permit came through with a reported cost of $2.85 million. The double lot lies in the midst of Burling Street’s well-known high-end real estate.
Site context, via Google Maps
The four-story plus basement, eight-unit structure is a design by Hanna Architects for a developer listed as Development Group LLC Quantum Capital. One item in the permit stands out more than others: the parking. There are to be six spaces in the basement level, as well a a three-car and six-car garage, plus one surface space on a concrete slab. It is not clear how the parking will be configured so as to allow access to that many spaces. It seems unlikely that there would be parking access off Burling Street, but there are rowhomes on the south end of the block with existing curb cuts.
Other details include front balconies on all four floor, plus a first-floor deck and a stairway connecting all four levels. The roof will have a deck and elevator enclosure, while rooftop decks also adorn both garage structures. BM UK Enterprise Company of Northbrook is named as the general contractor. It is anticipated that these will be for-sale condominiums.
This March 2009 Street View image offers a better look at the yard.
Wood fence and frame garage at the alley, via Google Street View
Google images appear to show a modest frame garage at the alley of the 1658 parcel, which would need a demolition permit to allow removal. The south portion of the lot, 1656 North Burling Street, shows only a wood fence.
Sharing the alley at the rear of the property just a few doors south is the ongoing demolition of the former Royal George Theatre, which will be replaced by a nine-story, 131-unit residential development.
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2 parking spots per unit for a development half a block from an L stop, what are we doing here
It’s Lincoln Park.
Rich people gonna rich.
And this is why tighter parking regulations are so critical, because leaving it up to the whims of rich folks just won’t get it done otherwise.
I’ll never understand why the rich generally don’t seem to notice how ugly car infrastructure makes everything look. When visiting other places, especially most European cities that are low car, the contrast can’t be more obvious.