A private local developer has received three permits to construct three-unit residential buildings on North Monticello Avenue in Humboldt Park. The contiguous lots, at 651, 655, and 657 North Monticello, all vacant, stand on the corner with West Huron Street. All three permits were applied for on May 2 of last year, and they came through on March 20 with reported costs of $290,000 apiece.
Site context of 651-657 North Monticello Avenue, via Google Maps
The three permits are all identical. Designed by architect Miguel Canon, the two-story plus basement structures will have a steel stairway in front and rear porches connected by stairs on both levels. Each property will have a three-space concrete parking pad accessed from the rear alley off Huron Street. Raranga Construction is designated as the general contractor. It is not known if the homes will be offered for sale as rental properties or if they’ll be individual condos.
From the alley, via Google Street View
Local transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of the nine new units will live one block south of CTA bus service via Route 66 at Chicago Avenue. For north-south travel, #82 buses make stops five blocks east on North Homan Avenue. The nearest elevated train access is the Conservatory-Central Park Green Line platform, about five blocks south near the Garfield Park Conservatory.
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Another 9 families, possibly 18 people. We could assume 27 if each had 1 kid, but it’s more likely 2 young adults and a fur baby.
What used to feel like 50/50 half empty must be starting to decrease. I wish we had a more thorough data collection of empty lots in Chicago. ArcGis is beyond my comprehension.
I just heard there are over 40,000 vacant lots in Chicago, mostly west and south sides. I wish we could get 10 of these 3 flats permitted a day. It would still take over 10 years to fill all of them, but that would add hundreds of thousands of people to the city that used to live here.