A new construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to build a masonry three-flat at 1509 West School Street in the Lake View neighborhood. Property owner Coen Development applied for the permit on May 13, and it came through on July 21. It cites a reported cost of $1.2 million, with Coen acting as their own general contractor.
Site context via Google Maps
1509 West School Street, via Trulia
Michael Cox & Associates is named as the architect of record. Architectural details call for a three-story plus basement building. Porches at the rear on all three above-ground levels will be connected by a steel stairway, as will be a rooftop deck. A four-car masonry garage at the alley will also have a roof deck as well as a pergola.
The current units are listed as rentals, while the new configuration might indicate three for-sale condominiums, laid out as one duplex-down, one single-floor unit, and one duplex-up, with the uppermost residents having exclusive access to the rooftop deck.
According to real estate records, 1509 West School is another property featuring a building constructed in 1910, a theme of late. Listings indicate it as a three-flat, so there will be no change in density. It was purchased by the developer earlier this year for $1.4 million. As yet, no demolition permits have been issued for the home or the detached garage.
Garage and home will need demolition permit(s). Image via Google Street View
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 1509 West School Street will be about one-third of a mile from the Southport and Paulina Brown Line elavated train platforms. CTA bus service is available via Routes 9 and X9 at Ashland Avenue, and Route 77 at Belmont Avenue, all within a two-block walk.
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There is no rational reason why that house should be demolished – period.
Should be a crime to lose these buildings
Yesterday, we saw that plan to build the housing on the back of the existing building – I would love to see the same done here