A permit to build 18 residential units languishing in the Chicago Data Portal since September 2024 has now been issued by the City of Chicago. That permission was granted on October 8th for 4125 North Narragansett Avenue in Portage Park, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1.25 million. Developer Artur Drezek of Borter Z Inc filed the application on September 10, 2024.
Site context, via Google Maps
The permit calls for a three-story building without a basement level, but including a rooftop deck. There will be no garage, but a driveway to the rear of the building will lead to 18 surface parking spaces. The 1917-built home on the site was sold in 2023 for $585,000 and a demolition permit was issued for it in January of this year. Lucid Engineering Services Group of Bloomingdale, IL is named as the architect of record, and Borter Z will be their own general contractor. It is expected these will be rental apartments.
4125 North Narragansett Avenue, to the right, was permitted for demolition in January. Image via Google Street View
Nearby bus stops, via Google Maps
Tenants of 4125 North Narragansett will reside within two blocks of an east-west and a north-south CTA bus route. The 86 Narragansett/Ridgeland bus to the north at Berteau Avenue, and Route 80 Irving Park buses stop two blocks south at Irving Park Road. The elevated train can be accessed by taking the 80 bus about three miles east to the Kennedy Expressway, where there’s a platform for the Blue Line.
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Replacing one house with 18 units is fantastic. Nice added density for the neighborhood. And walking distance from grocery store and Wilbur Wright College