Two Three-Flats Permitted On Vacant Brighton Park Lot

Two three-flats permitted for construction four days apart will fill a vacant lot on the northeast corner of South Maplewood Avenue and West 48th Street in Brighton Park. The identical permits were issued to Esperanza Properties LLC with reported costs of $200,000 apiece. Ramon Contreras is named as the architect of record, with Pine Innovation Group Inc handling general contracting duties.

Site context of 4757-4759 South Maplewood Avenue, via Google Maps

The first permit, for 4757 South Maplewood Avenue, came through on May 7, followed up on May 11 with the permit for 4759 South Maplewood. They are each to be three-story, three-unit buildings with three slab parking spaces at the alley accessed from 48th Street. Six-foot fences are the only other detail included.

From the alley, via Google Street View

Local transit options, via Google Maps

The long-empty site, used intermittently as a parking lot, sits directly across the street from the Brighton Park Community Campus and the Chicago Park District headquarters. The Western Orange Line elevated platform is located at the southwest corner of the park, about a three-block walk away. CTA bus service is available within a two-block walk via Routes 47 and 94 to the north at West 47th Street and Routes 48, 49, and X49 to the east at South Western Avenue.

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