A residential lot vacated by a 2022 demolition permit will now be improved with a three-story, two-unit building at 1930 South May Street in Pilsen. Issued on December 9 of last year, the permit application shows a date of 08/14/2025, and it came through with a reported cost of $250,000.
A PNC Bank branch has been permitted for construction at 5430 West Belmont Avenue on the south boundary of the Portage Park Community Area. It will be built on a surface parking lot across the street from an existing PNC Bank facility at 5455 West Belmont. That branch, due to its location on the south side of the street, is in the Belmont Cragin Community Area.
Construction work continues on the mixed-use childhood education/residential development next to Horner Park in the Irving Park Community Area. A building permit addressed to 4340 North California Avenue was issued by the city in February 2025, allowing general contractor LG Group Construction to get to work, and they’re now halfway up.
Though it applies to just the top two stories, a permit issued on December 16 by the City of Chicago allows developer ZSD Corp to complete construction of their 149-unit apartment building at 310 West Huron Street in River North. Caisson work, meanwhile, is in full swing at the site, with Thatcher Foundations of Gary, IN handling the heavy equipment.
Now topped out and craneless, 626 South Wabash is within a couple stories of completing its exterior glass installation down in the South Loop. The apartment tower from DAC Developments and Melrose Ascension Capital topped out in October, then brought the tower crane down in November.
