A new construction permit was issued by the City of Chicago on March 30 to replace a drive-thru bank at 3600 North Southport Avenue in Lake View with a residential building. Derrig Management is the recipient of the permit, which had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since October 29 of last year. It came through with a reported cost of six million dollars.
Site context of 3600 North Southport Avenue, via Google Maps
The new construction permit, via the Chicago Data portal
On the way is a four-story, 10-unit building designed by Jonathan Splitt Architects. The permit calls for a detached four-car garage and one surface parking space. A masonry trash enclosure is the only other detail included. As Derrig Builders, Derrig Management will do their own general contracting work. No construction timeline has been indicated, nor is it known if these will be rental apartments or for-sale condos.
Looking west from Southport Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Taken from the south side of Addison Street. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Assigned to the address of 3604 North Southport, a demolition permit has been pending since March 10 for the existing bank building, with Brophy Excavation named as the demo contractor. Situated on the northwest corner of Southport Avenue and West Addison Street, it has most recently housed Fifth Third Bank and MB Financial Bank businesses. A large portion of the property is a surface parking lot.
The pending demolition permit, via the Chicago Data Portal
The CTA’s Route 152 bus stops on the intersection of Addison and Southport. It can be used to connect with the Addison Brown Line elevated platform half a mile to the west, and the Addison Red Line platform half a mile to the east. For north-south bus travel, #9 and X9 buses stop two blocks west on North Ashland Avenue.
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One down, many more bank drive throughs to go.
There’s so many! Just think what the city would be like without any of them
We’d be debanked!
So, happy a parking lot and drive through will be housing, but only 10 units seems like too few for the size of the building?