The full permit to complete construction on the residential development at 2600 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park came through on May 18, exactly three months after its application start date of February 18. It carries with it a reported cost of $10,000,000.
Rendering of 2600 North Clark by SEEK Design + Architecture
Construction progress as of May 19, 2026. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
ENC Construction is on the build, working on grade-level foundations ahead of going vertical on the five-story pproject. Initium Development held a groundbreaking ceremony two weeks into March, shortly after demolition was complete on the old Dunlay’s On Clark building. Both new construction permits, including the foundation permit issued in January, use the address of 606 West Wrightwood Avenue.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
SEEK Design + Architecture is the design architect for the new building, which was scaled back from its original seven-story, 66-unit proposal. The current 48-unit plan will include 34 standard apartments and 14 efficiency units, and all will be within the upper four levels. The ground floor will contain a 10car garage, a large commercial space, co-working areas, bicycle storage, and the resident lobby. The developer had hoped to break ground by the end of 2025 and finish early in 2027; with shovels into the ground in the first quarter of this year, a mid-2027 opening is now likely.
Rendering banner at the construction site. Photo by Daniel Schell
Rendering banner at the construction site. Photo by Daniel Schell
Rendering banner at the construction site. Photo by Daniel Schell
Site context of 2600 North Clark Street, via Google Maps
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Tenants of 2600 North Clark will reside within three-quarters of a mile of both the Diversey Brown/Purple Line and the Fullerton Red/Brown/Purple Line platforms. There are numerous CTA bus routes within convenient walking distance, including the north-south #22 and #36 buses less than a block in either direction. Other nearby stops include Routes 8, 76, 134, 143, 151, and 156, with that latter four routes located in the park at North Stockton Drive.
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It is what is on the inside that counts not its hideous outward appearance, wish they could’ve gone with the higher density plan.
Reporting from June 2025 points to “challenges in securing financing”. Non-institutional lenders should be chomping at the bit for a residential project like this: amenitized, affluent neighborhood, strong rent growth, and relatively small unit count.
I would have guessed the reduction was a result of increased traffic complaints from neighbors.
Neighbors complained that every resident of this building would own a car and take up nearby street parking. The alderman is too scared and wouldn’t stand up for more units.
Is Ian no longer with Yimby ?
On a break.
I feel like this should have been completed by now? Or does everything drag on at this pace now?
Interesting how people know everything about this developement …why it is taking so long and why the size was reduced. Neither of those things were due to the Alderman or the community.