A pair of construction permits issued the first week of May will plug a gap on West Arthington Street tucked away in the southwest corner of East Garfield Park. On May 7, permission to build three-flats at 2917 and 2919 West Arthington came through the data portal 38 days after their application start dates, with each showing an $850,000 reported cost.
Site context of 2917-2919 West Arthington Street, via Google Maps
The identical permits call for three-story, three-unit “apartment” buildings with three outdoor on-slab parking spaces. There will be front open decks on the top two levels and rear egress stairs. Privacy fencing will enclose the back yards. Capital Home Improvement Inc of Palos Heights is listed as the property owner and general contractor, with Michael Cox & Associates named as architect of record. The specification of these as apartment buildings indicates they will be for rent, not for sale.
The two lots have been vacant since an April 2012 demolition permit was issued to tear down a residence at 2917. A former single-family home, the owner received a permit in September 2008 to add a second dwelling unit and to build a rear addition. Google images from 2011 show the addition had been built, with construction fencing still at the front of the home. Alas, it was razed months later.
2011 Google Street View image showing addition at rear of 2917. It was permitted for demolition in April 2012
Local transit options, via Google Maps
Transit is available one block east via Route 94 buses along South California Avenue, two blocks west at South Kedzie Avenue (bus #52), and two blocks south via Route 12 at West Roosevelt Road. Northbound Route 52 buses can be used to connect with the Kedzie-Homan Blue Line platform just over half a mile northwest at the Eisenhower Expressway.
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Very encouraging to see posts about infill housing in areas like East Garfield Park. Is there anywhere to see numbers of how many new units are being built or in process in areas like this on the south and west side?