A demolition permit and a permit for new construction issued on December 3, 2025 mean the end of Lola’s Coney Island, a fast-food joint at the corner of West Chicago and North Francisco Avenues in Humboldt Park. Lola’s announced their closure in an Instagram post on October 30, though they will still operate their food truck.
Two new construction permits for three-unit residences have been permitted for vacant lots at 1257 and 1261 South Fairfield Avenue in the Douglass Park neighborhood. Both applications were applied for on September 19, 2025, and they came through exactly three months later on December 19 with reported costs of $420,000 apiece.
Three permits issued on December 30 by the City of Chicago allow a local developer to erect three-unit residential buildings in the East Garfield Park and North Lawndale Community Areas. A-Z Plus Remodeling, Inc of Austin is the owner and general contractor. All three of their permits came through with reported costs of $500,000 apiece, and all three projects will replace long-vacant lots.
Construction progress has reached the third floor on a residential development at 2035 West Irving Park Road in North Center. The five-story, 37-unit project from Newport Development Company and Altitude Capital Partners broke ground in June after waiting a year from application for its new permit to come through.
The full building permit has been issued for the Bathhouse project at North Morgan and West Madison Streets in the West Loop. Meanwhile, work continues on the third edition, and the first iteration in Chicago, for Brooklyn-based Bathhouse. Serious concrete work is still going into the foundation, with rebar surrounding the site, awaiting placement for the three-story building.
