A pair of permits issued by the City of Chicago on June 16 allow for demolition and construction at 861 West Lill Avenue in Lincoln Park. Real estate records show no recent sale of the 1893-built frame residence that currently occupies the property, the owner of which is shown as a revocable trust on the demo permit.
Site context of 861 West Lill Avenue, via Google Maps
The demolition permit was pending for two months before it was issued. It shows Buildmax Company Inc as the demo contractor at a reported cost of $20,000. It will be replaced with a three-story brick and frame structure holding two dwelling units. KLLM Architects is the architect of record, and Amazing City LLC will perform general contracting work. There will be a full basement, a rooftop deck, and a rear porch. A detached masonry two-car garage on the alley at the rear of the property accessed from North Lincoln Avenue to the west will also have a roof deck. The permit cites a reported cost of $850,000.
From the alley, via Google Street View
The one-to-one parking ratio and residence layout indicates these could very well be a duplex-down on the first floor and basement levels and a duplex-up occupying the second and third floors, but the permit does not specify if they will be rental apartments or for-sale condominiums.
Local transit options, via Google Maps
861 West Lill is located about three blocks northeast of the Fullerton Red/Brown/Purple Line elevated platform. Route 8 buses are available less than a block east at North Halsted Street. Route 74 buses run east-west less than three blocks south along West Fullerton Avenue.
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I don’t mind seeing these frame houses get replaced. The masonry stuff, on the other hand…