A permit was issued by the City of Chicago on December 15 to begin construction at 6541 South Maryland Avenue in Woodlawn. Calling for a three-story, three-unit residence, the permit shows an application date of October 10, 2025, and it came through with a reported cost of $450,000.
Site context, via Google Maps
GA Roslyn LLC, an entity registered in Arlington Heights, is the property owner. Peter Sterniuk is noted as the architect of record, and Kasper Development is named as the general contractor. Few details are included in the permit, with only three slab parking spaces and and a rear stairway mentioned.
6537 South Maryland, circa June 2014. Image via Google Street View, which shows it still standing as of October 2025
The construction site lies mid-block between East Marquette Road and East 65th Street. The south end of the block is a blank canvas for residential development, but so far, no other permits are pending in the Chicago Data Portal. The nearest site improvement, just north at 6537 North Maryland, is a crumbling three-story brick building that has been boarded up as far back as Street View can take us.
Across the street, however, three three-flats were permitted back in June and July that fill in the gap at 6548-6552 South Maryland. A different developer is building those, but they are also designs by Peter Sterniuk. Street View images from October show them under construction.
6548-6552 South Maryland under construction, via Google Street View
Site context of 6541 (red) and 6548-6552 (blue) South Maryland, via Google Maps
Nearby transit locations, via Google Maps
6541 South Maryland is located within one block’s walk of CTA service via the Route 4 bus at South Cottage Grove Avenue. Less than two blocks south are stops for Routes 4, X4, 67, 95, and N5 buses at Cottage Grove and East 67th Street. The Cottage Grove Green Line elevated platform is about three blocks to the north.
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Why does most of the new residences being built in Woodlawn all look the same??? This neighborhood was built in the 1890’s/1900 by Many architects making housing unique. I see absolutely no creatively in the housing being built, so much for Urban Renewal, they can raze however there seems to be a lack of design/vision in rebuilding.
The last 20 years have had as much variety in architects, & materials as the 20 year period you alluded to 120 years ago. Just take a walk around the neighborhood (Woodlawn Ave. alone has 7 different styles by 7 different architects from the last 20 years between 67th & 61st) & you’ll see we have as much variety as then. Not to mention the adaptive reuse projects or pre-housing crisis homes.