On Thursday November 12, the City of Chicago issued a New Construction permit for 636 West Aldine Avenue in the Lake View East neighborhood. Property owner/general contractor EZMB LLC submitted an application to build on the site on October 21, and the permit came through just 22 days later with a reported cost of $932,029.
Site context of 636 West Aldine Avenue, via Google Maps
To clear the lot for redevelopment, a demolition permit was issued on August 27th for an 1893-built single-family home and its detached frame garage addressed as 634 West Aldine. Builder Luxury was named as demo contractor at a reported cost of $20,000. We have not verified is the building has already been razed. According to real estate records, EZMB purchased the property this past summer for $1.4 million.
From the alley, via Google Street View. A detached three-car garage will replace this one, which was to be torn down with the home
Coming soon is a four-story plus basement, three-unit structure drawn up by Hanna Architects. Details are to include rear porches on all four levels above grade connected by a stairway, a rooftop deck with a pergola and stair enclosure, and a detached three-car garage with a roof deck of its own. It is presumed the units will be laid out as a duplex-down occupying the basement and first floor, a simplex on the second level, and a duplex-up occupying the top two floors. They are likely to be offered as for-sale condominiums.
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
No word yet on an expected completion date for the new dwelling units.
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It was torn down in September, the demolition contractor dumped piles of gangway debris in the parkway, along with bags of concrete mix that didn’t do well in the rain )-: Also, left rubble and partially standing trees, along with a large hole in the lot (not in the area of a future basement) and jagged pieces of fence standing.
It had been converted to a two-flat then the owner died. No problem with replacing the unit, but not happy with the pile of rubble in the parkway and the unsecured lot with hazards sitting across the street from a grade school.
Hope they start on this now and don’t wait until spring…