A foundation and superstructure permit issued by the city on April 24 allows construction to begin on The Clifton, a five-story, 40-unit residential development at 4725 North Clifton Avenue in Uptown. Developer CEDARst Companies and general contractor Method Construction Services are the recipients of the permit, which entered the Chicago Data Portal on June 23 of last year.
A three-story plus basement multi-unit residence at 1247 North California Avenue in Humboldt Park will be saved and renovated by its new owner. According to real estate records, NXT Realty of North Center purchased the property in June 2025 for $1.13 million. The building, erected in the 1900s, had been recently boarded up, but the city issued permission to do preparatory interior demolition in October in anticipation of the rehab. Then, on April 23 of this year, the full renovation permit came through showing a reported cost of $246,000.
Brickwork is the standout feature on a new condo development at 1658 North Burling Street in Lincoln Park. Though progress has only reached the second floor of the four-story building, multi-color bricks already adorn much of the first floor and parts of the second. An exposed steel beam straddles the main entrance, while a pair of steel headers have been set on level two. Around back, there’s more brickwork at ground level, though it’s not as fancy as the main façade. Pallets of block and brick await further placement.
A property owner in Ravenswood/Lincoln Square received a permit last week to tear down a garage and replace it with an Additional Dwelling Unit in a coach house. Ambala Holding LLC, which has owned the two-story, multi-unit building at 2203 West Giddings Street since purchasing it in 2019, got permission on April 17 for the ADU.
Jigzibik, a first-of-its-kind rental development for Chicago at 2907-2917 West Irving Park Road in Irving Park, has been installing windows on its exterior facades as its progress continues. Most of the glass is in place on the back of the building, with the north facing along Irving Park Road almost halfway done. Balconies have been framed in, and many now include their glass doors. The first-floor space remains open to the elements, but that too should be enclosed soon. Multi-toned exterior brickwork is also in the building’s near future.
