A three-story plus basement, two-unit residential building has been permitted by the city for 2318 West Addison Street in the North Center Community Area. Kasper Development LLC applied for the permit on September 17, and it came through 41 days later on October 28 with a reported cost of $848,700. Kasper will also provide their own general contracting services.
A three-flat residential building has been permitted for a vacant lot in the 1100 block of South Richmond Street in North Lawndale. Developer GT Alternatives LLC submitted an application for 1137 South Richmond on August 5; 85 days later, the permit was issued with a reported cost of $400,000. GT Alternatives will also handle general contracting duties.
The City of Chicago on Wednesday October 28 issued a permit to allow the construction of a three-story plus basement, two-unit home at 1733 West Julian Street in the Wicker Park neighborhood. Coming through with a reported cost of $475,000, the permit waited in the data portal for 153 days after its application start date of May 28. MK Construction & Builders of Bucktown is the developer and general contractor.
Structural work on The Legacy apartment tower at 1621 Chicago Avenue in Evanston has pushed above street level to the third floor, on the way to 11 stories. General contractor Valenti broke ground on the 110-unit building back in April, then got to work on caissons and below-grade geothermal work before erecting a tower crane on the site in September.
A two-story, two-unit frame home has been permitted for construction at 948 North Massasoit Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. After spending 311 days in the Chicago Data Portal since its application start date of December 19, 2025, the permit came through on October 26. It includes a reported cost of $625,000.
