A PNC Bank branch has been permitted for construction at 5430 West Belmont Avenue on the south boundary of the Portage Park Community Area. It will be built on a surface parking lot across the street from an existing PNC Bank facility at 5455 West Belmont. That branch, due to its location on the south side of the street, is in the Belmont Cragin Community Area.
Site context, via Google Maps
The permit was applied for on August 21, 2025, and it came through December 19 with a reported cost of $2,216,523. It allows for a one-story building at the T intersection of Belmont and Lotus Avenues, and includes a new surface parking lot with a drive-thru lane and a drive-up ATM. New landscaping will be added, along with a trash enclosure. Gary Warren is named as the architect of record, and W.E. O’Neil is the general contractor.
PNC Bank on the southeast corner of Belmont and Linder Avenues, via Google Street View
Existing drive-up lanes and parking lot on the southwest corner of Belmont and Lotus Avenues, via Google Street View
The construction site is next to 5420 Belmont, a three-story, 15-unit residential development constructed as an addition to a single-story retail building. Permitted in 2022, it was to contain 13 dwelling units, but a permit revision was issued in July 2024 to convert two of the first-floor retail spaces in residences. That residential building appears to share the parking lot PNC Bank will now build upon.
5420Belmont, via Google Street View
No official word yet as to whether the new branch will replace the one across the street, which also has a surface parking lot, drive-thru lane, a drive-up ATM, and second-floor offices, or if that will remain open, in part or entirely.
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That’s a bummer. Another one-story bank surrounded by parking lot and drive-thru and drive-up ATM. Built for cars, not people.
At least the bank across the street had second-story offices and some interesting architecture. Oh well, maybe they will convert that one to apartments some day.