Brickwork has risen to the third level for the three-story, four-unit residential building at 4650 North Magnolia Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood. As of July 19, concrete block had wrapped around both sides and the rear of the top floor, with the front not yet underway. Below, large window opening dominant the front and rear of the building at the first and second floors.
A three-flat was permitted for construction on July 8 to fill a vacant lot at 6514 South Vernon Avenue on the western edge of Woodlawn. A private developer applied for the permit on March 20, and it came through with a reported cost of $450,000.
The full construction permit for DePaul University’s controversial basketball center on North Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park was issued on Thursday, the 6th of August. The permit, addressed as 2300 North Sheffield, had been waiting in the data portal since April 6, a duration of 122 days, and with it comes a reported cost of $42,392,000. It was preceded by permission to begin caisson work on June 5 and a stormwater management permit on July 25. Bully & Andrews is the general contractor, working on plans drawn by Antunovich Associates.
A pair of demolition permits issued on August 4 signal the start of a new residential tower at 7 West Elm Street in Gold Coast. The former Lou Malnati’s restaurant at 1120 North State Street and the old Barnes & Noble building at 1130 North State were both enclosed in demo fencing earlier this summer in anticipation of the two teardowns, and now that time has come. Taylor Excavating is named in the permits as the demo contractor, with reported costs totaling $246,000.
Construction is authorized to proceed for a residential building at 2902 West Flournoy Street in East Garfield Park, courtesy of a permit issued by the City of Chicago on August 3, 2026. The subject parcel, currently vacant, will see a three-story frame structure erected holding three dwelling units. After entering the data portal on July 22, the permit came through just 12 days later, carrying with it a reported cost of $450,000.
