An Oak Park builder has received permissions to construct a pair of three-flat residential buildings on South Kedvale Avenue in North Lawndale. Visionary Rehabbing & Real Estate got two permits on March 11 to erect three-story, three-unit homes at 1231 and 1233 South Kedvale. This is their third project on the block; they received a three-flat permit for 1249 South Kedvale in January of last year.
A private local developer has received three permits to construct three-unit residential buildings on North Monticello Avenue in Humboldt Park. The contiguous lots, at 651, 655, and 657 North Monticello, all vacant, stand on the corner with West Huron Street. All three permits were applied for on May 2 of last year, and they came through on March 20 with reported costs of $290,000 apiece.
Phase 1C of the Southbridge development in the Near South Side by The Community Builders and McCaffery Interests is now underway at 2305 South State Street. A foundation permit for the 12-story tower was issued in October of last year, but crews have held off for the arrival of meteorological spring to get construction started.
A new construction permit has been issued by the city to erect a three-story, three-unit residence at 1337 South Talman Avenue in the Douglass Park neighborhood. The proposal went before the Chicago Zoning Board Of Appeals in January for a pair of variations. The board approved a variation to reduce the front setback from the required 15 feet to seven feet, while also reducing the lot area per unit from the required 3,000 square feet to 2,925 square feet.
The first permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to begin construction on the Chicago Fire’s new stadium in the South Loop. Assigned to the address of 1331 South Wells Street, the permit allows for piles to be driven for the stadium. More specifically, piles for vertical penetration only, for the four-story soccer stadium’s foundations. The permit came through the Chicago Data Portal on Friday, March 20 with a reported cost of $5 million. It had been pending since October 24.
