Foundation work is underway for a residential building at 3600 North Southport Avenue in the Lake View neighborhood. As evidenced by the shallow digging on the site, there will be no basement for this new four-story project. Concrete is beginning to form the walls on the east and north edges of the lot, while forms are in place at the center of the site ahead of additional concrete pours.
Two permits were issued three weeks apart by the City of Chicago to raze a brick two-story single-family residence at 2229 West Armitage Avenue in Bucktown and replace it with two new dwelling units. The demolition permit was more recent, issued on June 2 after a 69-day wait with a reported cost of $20,000. Builder Luxury is named as the demo contractor. Real estate sites show the home, built in 1889 or 1890, was purchased by an LLC in April for $652,500.
Now that caissons have been drilled and filled, the foundation phase of construction is underway for the first Halsted Pointe residential tower at 931 North Halsted Street on Goose Island. A team of excavators are active on the site, and their progress shows straight, precise edges, some with steel sheets driven into the ground. As they dig, haulers are utilizing a new ramp built into the south end of the site accessed from Halsted Street adjacent to North Branch Street.
Six new dwelling units were permitted on June 10 within a pair of two-story buildings at 3405 and 3409 West Monroe Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. Both permits show application start dates of April 28, and each came through with a reported cost of $350,000.
Brick work has taken over the exterior on the apartment building at 629 West Lake Street in the West Loop. A mast-climbing work platform remains attached to the west elevation as masonry work continues. There are still some windows that need to be installed on the west façade, and plenty of work remains at street level to enclose the first floor, which will include 2,000 square feet of retail space, a storage room for 49 bicycles, and two indoor parking spaces.
