While we were all watching for a New Construction Permit for 3233 North Sheffield in Lake View, the city pulled a fast one on us and issued a foundation permit for 3243 North Sheffield, but not as “New Construction.” Instead, a Renovation/Alteration permit came through the portal back on Tuesday, October 13, allowing general contractor D.O.M. Properties Investment Inc to get started on a 99-unit residential building on the former site of Torstenson Glass.
An L train passes behind the McCloskey J45 jaw crusher. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
So much sand. Photo by Daniel Schell
The foundation permit came through on October 13, 139 days after its application start date of May 27, with a reported cost of $750,000. A permit to build out the entire five-story project has been pending in the data portal since October 18. The ubiquitous stormwater management permit has also been issued for the site, coming through on October 9. Excavators are on site digging through Lake View’s infamous layer of sand, while they continue tearing up concrete from the Torstenson buildings’ foundations. There is a giant McCloskey J45 jaw crusher pulverizing those hunks of rubble into bite-sized pieces.
Rendering of 3233 North Sheffield by 2rz Architecture
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Torstenson Glass demolition wrapped up in September; an early-October fly-by on the Red Line during the first weekend of October showed the structures completely gone, but lots of concrete to tear out. Judging by the amount of work accomplished so far, foundation work must have begun the moment the permit came through.
Palletizing bricks as Torstenson Glass demolition work nears competition, 09/22/2026. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Concrete foundation to be torn up, 10/07/2026. Photo by Daniel Schell
North Park Ventures and SNS Realty Group are the co-developers here. North Park’s project page uses the permitted address of 3243 North Sheffield for the building. 2rz Architecture is the design architect, with SGW Architecture & Design on board as architect of record. We have yet to see a completion estimate for the apartments, but a 12-18 month timeline from the start of foundation work to the first move-ins seems like a good guess for now.
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That Jaw Crusher is an amazing machine! But reposting the blander-than-bland, life-sized Lego facades of the new building is a good example of how to drain any trace of personality from the streetscape.
Leave this kind of architecture in Nashville/Dallas/Phoenix where it belongs
Maybe one of the ugliest developments in recent memory