Work began Wednesday to take the tower crane down from the 400 Lake Shore North Tower at the mouth of the Chicago River in Streeterville. Morrow Equipment, who have been on site for each crane jump as well as the full assembly, got started early Wednesday morning, removing some of the counterweights before removing the first section of Liebherr 420 EC-H 16 and lowering it to the ground.
A trio of three-flats are coming to the 1400 block of South Spaulding Avenue in the North Lawndale neighborhood, with the first two receiving new construction permits on June 24. The identical authorizations for 1441 and 1443 South Spaulding each show application start dates of April 21, and were issued with reported costs of $400,000 apiece. The third permit, for 1439 South Spaulding, has the same start date as it pends in the Chicago Data Portal.
A local developer that’s been busy on the South Side added three more permits to their Woodlawn collection of three-flat builds last week. Using the entity of Maryland Flats LLC, Kasper Development LLC scored permission for three-unit residences at 6549, 6551. and 6553 South Maryland Avenue on June 25, each including reported costs or $450,000. All show application start dates of May 4, spending 52 days apiece in the data portal.
Two demolition permits for the 1000 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the West Loop were issued by the city of the first day of July. Those allow Mavrek Development to begin clearing a half-block swath of properties for their planned and approved 25-story residential tower at 1000-1022 West Jackson.
A permit to construct a three-flat residential building at 4751 South Michigan Avenue is the first of two improvements on a vacant corner lot in Grand Boulevard. The entity of Landex OZ JV LLC is the recipient of the first permit, which came through on June 25, 66 days after it entered the Chicago Data Portal. Its reported cost is $450,000.
