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.
Brickwork is keeping up with vertical progress on the residential development at 6150 North Sheridan Road in Edgewater. Developer and general contractor GlobalGC Inc is working on the second floor of the five-story structure and adding bricks as they go. The north and south facades are completely bricked up to the underside of the third level, while columns of brick on the front of the building have begun to shape future balconies.
