A new residential permit issued by the city on December 18 will deliver a multi-unit building at 1658 North Burling Street in Lincoln Park. Showing an application date not even two months old, the permit came through with a reported cost of $2.85 million. The double lot lies in the midst of Burling Street’s well-known high-end real estate.
A renovation project for a multi-unit residential building at 1721 West 21st Street in Pilsen has been scrapped, with demolition and new construction now permitted instead. The new work is planned by the same LLC that purchased the property back in 2018, and they have permission to build as of the first day of December.
A new construction home at 3709 North Oakley Avenue in North Center permitted in March now has permission to add a coach house with an Additional Dwelling Unit. The new home replaces a 1926-built masonry building addressed as 3711 North Oakley that was permitted for demolition in January. Real estate sites indicate builder G Alan Development purchased the property in 2024 for $820,000.
Another residential construction permit has been issued for ever-changing North Orchard Street in the Lincoln Park sub-neighborhood of Old Town. At 1638 North Orchard, permission was granted on December 23 for EZMB LLC to build a four-story plus basement, three-unit structure likely to be for-sale condominiums. The application was filed less than two weeks ago, on December 12, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1,468,750.
A month after a permit was issued across the street, another residential permit has been issued for the 4900 block of North Damen Avenue in Ravenswood. On December 22, developer Profus Construction Corp received a permit to build a three-story with basement, three-unit building at 4928 North Damen. Their application is dated May 13, and it came through with a reported cost of $950,000.
