The demolition project we’ve been documenting of the vintage loft office building at 168 North Clinton Street is nearing its completion in the West Loop. After receiving permission to tear the structure down in January, the demo crew from Atlas Industries got to work in May, tearing down the building from the north façade inward, then working their way toward the front along Clinton Street.
Construction has been approved to replace an 1890-built single-family residence at 1945 West Potomac Avenue in Wicker Park that was permitted for demolition back in May. The permit came through the Chicago Data Portal on July 7, one month after its application start date of June 8, and it comes with a reported cost of $567,468.
Brickwork has risen to the third level for the three-story, four-unit residential building at 4650 North Magnolia Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood. As of July 19, concrete block had wrapped around both sides and the rear of the top floor, with the front not yet underway. Below, large window opening dominant the front and rear of the building at the first and second floors.
A three-flat was permitted for construction on July 8 to fill a vacant lot at 6514 South Vernon Avenue on the western edge of Woodlawn. A private developer applied for the permit on March 20, and it came through with a reported cost of $450,000.
The full construction permit for DePaul University’s controversial basketball center on North Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park was issued on Thursday, the 6th of August. The permit, addressed as 2300 North Sheffield, had been waiting in the data portal since April 6, a duration of 122 days, and with it comes a reported cost of $42,392,000. It was preceded by permission to begin caisson work on June 5 and a stormwater management permit on July 25. Bully & Andrews is the general contractor, working on plans drawn by Antunovich Associates.
