Only rubble and one story’s worth of west and north wall remain on the former site of Aya Pastry at 1332 West Grand Avenue in West Town. The neighborhood bakery closed in August 2025, and its building was slated for demolition in June of this year. Our site visit at the end of June showed the building still standing but surrounded by demo fencing, with a crew and excavator on the lot starting prep work.
Permits issued on September 3 allow the demolition of the former North Side United Pentecostal Church in Edgewater and the construction of its residential replacement. The demolition permit for 1527 West Edgewater Avenue, which will be carried out first, entered the data portal on July 7, 58 days before its issuance with a reported cost of $60,000. Tir Conaill Concrete is named as the demo contractor.
It was the third of September, a day they’ll always remember at the First Romanian Baptist Church in Lincoln Park, because that was the day a permit came through to demolish the frame church building at 2622 North Ashland Avenue. Pending for 69 days since its application start date of June 26, the permit came through with a reported cost of $20,000. Carlos Group Inc is named as the demo contractor.
Panoptic Group has received permission from the City of Chicago to redevelop the property next to their West Town office. Using the address of 536 North Western Avenue, a permit issued on September 1 calls for a five-story building with nine dwelling units and retail space on the first floor. Panoptic’s headquarters is at 524 North Western, right next door.
The replacement permit was issued on Tuesday, September 1 for an 1888-built multi-unit residence in Lincoln Park that was permitted for demolition back in June. Landex Holding Company LLC now has permission to erect a three-story plus basement, four-unit building at 950 West Willow Street. The permit had been pending in the data portal since April 4, a duration of 150 days, and it came through with a reported cost of $950,000.
