Two permits applied for during the final week of October came through together this month, allowing for construction of two three-flats on South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park. 6025 South Prairie and 6029 South Prairie were both permitted on January 9, with each showing a reported cost of $500,000. 4 Realty LLC is named as the developer.
An empty side yard on McLean Avenue in Logan Square will soon be improved with a two-unit residential building courtesy of a new construction permit issued by the city in early January. Slated for 3637 West McLean, the permit shows an application date of July 30, 2025, and it hit the books on January 9 with a reported cost of $425,000.
A developer from Bridgeview, IL has added another permit to their collection of three-flats for the city’s Grand Boulevard and Bronzeville neighborhoods. APMW Development Corporation got permission to erect a three-story, three-unit residential building at 4840 South Calumet Avenue on January 9, four months after filing a construction application. At $440,000, the reported cost is in line with other three-flats they’re delivering on the South Side.
A demolition permit has been issued for the single-story commercial property at 2600 North Clark Street in Lincoln Park, signaling the beginning of a residential development on the same site. Quality Excavation is named as the demolition contractor in the permit, which came through on January 12 with a reported cost of $103,000. Demolition is expected to begin the week of January 19.
A permit was issued by the City of Chicago on January 13 to erect a nine-story, 50-unit residential building at 135 North Desplaines Street in the West Loop. The new development, which we first learned of in March 2023, will replace a surface parking lot on the northeast corner of Desplaines and Randolph Streets. The permit had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since March 2024; it comes through now with a reported cost of $9.5 million.
