Addition by subtraction is underway on the Leon Hotel at 2701 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park, as selective demolition takes place ahead of the renovation and expansion of the former Single Room Occupancy building. The building, located on the northeast corner of Clark Street and West Drummond Place, has been gutted, with clear skies showing through the top of the building, and windows have been removed.
A developer who got a permit in May of last year to build three residential units in the 3100 block of West Polk Street in East Garfield Park received permission on April 24 to build another three-flat next door at 3113 West Polk. In addition, they have three more pending permits in the Chicago Data Portal for this block of West Polk.
Habitat For Humanity received authorization from the City of Chicago earlier this month to erect two single-family homes on Chicago’s far west side. Identical permits came through on April 14 to build at 5308 and 5320 West Ferdinand Street in the Austin neighborhood. Each permit shows an application start date of January 27, and both include a reported cost of $320,000 apiece.
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.
