A wide-open lot at the south end of the 5200 blocks of South Bishop and South Laflin Streets in New City will see its first improvement, thanks to a new construction permit issued by the city on July 2nd. One block west of Sherman Park, 5232 South Bishop will be a two-story building with a Type A accessible unit on the first floor and a standard dwelling unit on the second level. The permit was in the portal for 45 days before coming through with a reported cost of $312,877.
Site context of 5232 South Bishop Street, via Google Maps
The upper-right (northeast) corner of this lot gets two new units. Image via Google Maps
Greenline Homes is the developer and general contractor, working with plans by Hanna Architects. The structure will have an attic level and a rear deck on the second floor. There is no parking mentioned for the property, which lies next to the east-west alley connecting Bishop to Laflin, but has no vertical alley that would run behind the lot. As of this writing, there are no other permits pending for either street on this parcel of land.
From the side alley, via Google Street View
Local transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 5232 South Bishop will have access to CTA buses two blocks to the north via Route 51 at East 51st Street, and three blocks to the west via #9 buses along South Ashland Avenue. The Ashland Express (X9) bus stops a bit farther northwest at Ashland and 51st. There are no elevated trains within reasonable walking distance, but a three-block walk south to West Garfield Boulevard takes you to the Route 55 bus, which when ridden eastbound, takes you to the Garfield Red Line platform almost two miles away at the Dan Ryan Expressway.
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One heck of an empty lot. By the size of it I thought it was a city park.