A new construction permit issued by the city allows the development of a two-story plus basement, two-unit frame residence at 2128 West Eastwood Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. The permit, which comes with a reported cost of $475,000, was issued on September 10, a mere 10 days after its application start date of August 31. The entity of GL-888 LLC is named as the property owner.
Site context of 2128 West Eastwood Avenue, via Google Maps
Maria V Contracting Inc. of Elmwood Park will be the general contractor, working with plans created by Pavlovcik Architecture. Scant details include a rooftop deck and a six-foot fence with a gate enclosing the back yard. Neither surface parking nor a garage are mentioned, and the current residence does not include a garage. There is an alley at the back of the lot, directly beneath the passing Brown Line tracks, so adding parking in the future is a possibility.
Listing photo from the alley of 2128 West Eastwood Avenue, via Redfin
The site is improved by a single-family home built in the 1880s. Real estate listings identified the home as in need of a gut-renovation or complete teardown, noting “the value is in the land”. It had been in the same family since 1941 before it was purchased by the LLC in April for $500,000. A demolition permit will be required, but if one is pending, it is not searchable in the Chicago Data Portal.
Local transit availability, via Google Maps
2128 West Eastwood sits two blocks west of the Damen Brown Line elevated platform entrance. CTA bus service is also available there via Route 50 traveling north-south. For east-west service, #81 buses make stops two blocks north along West Lawrence Avenue. That bus can be used to connect with the Ravenswood Metra station and its UP-N trains located about half a mile east.
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Would a gut job down to the studs be covered in a Building permit only? No demo permit of any kind needed?
It’s plausible, but that is much more likely to come through as a renovation permit instead of new construction. In this case, the permit specifies “NEW” frame residential building.
Thanks for the clarification.
Maybe they will try the old “oh no it caught fire and burned down, shucks” trick. LOL. Yet I assume the investigation would take longer than a demo permit.
That’s just plain insulting.
Great location close to the Damen station and only a few blocks from the shops and restaurants on Lincoln. Glad to see development here.
No great lost here. That exterior looks like asbestos. This location is more like Lincoln Square.
That’s asphalt impregnated felt siding not asbestos. I’ve demo’d that same pattern and didn’t even bother to have it tested.
Once you let developers in they are like roaches infesting.
Be careful what you wish for
More housing in a city struggling with affordability and inventory that tears down a building that even the most staunch preservationist wouldn’t try and save? Wish Granted!
Definitely Lincoln Square, as it is west of Damen. Glad to see two units being built here. If someone had taken better care of this over the past 75 years it might’ve been a nice preservation project, but I’d rather have the housing for families than a very expensive renovation just because the house it old, but otherwise not notable.