Chicago lost another of its tower cranes over the second week of September when the rig was removed from the 566 West Van Buren construction site. As that was coming down, more glass was going up around the lower levels of the 199-unit apartment building coming online soon. Most of two rows of glazing, on the second and third floors, have now been wrapped, while the ground floor remains open to the elements.
A vacant spanning 1844-1846 North Damen Avenue in the Bucktown neighborhood has been permitted by the city for a new three-unit residential building. Promised Land Development applied for the permit, addressed as 1846 North Damen, on July 14 of this year and it came through on October 2 with a reported cost of $1.3 million.
The City of Chicago issued a new construction permit on the 28th of September allowing a four-story building at 4911 North Pulaski Road in Albany Park. R.P. Fox & Associates is the recipient of the permit, which they applied for on January 31, 2025. It came through 605 days later with a reported cost of $362,925. Stellar Performance Inc is named in the permit as the general contractor.
A permit was issued on the final day of September to erect a three-story, three-unit residence at 4514 North Central Avenue in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. The permit came through 203 days after its application start date of March 11 with a reported cost of $300,000. It names the property owner as 4512 Central LLC; 4512 North Central is the address of the home that will be demolished for redevelopment.
A long-vacant lot at 4306 West Kamerling Avenue in West Humboldt Park will soon be improved with a frame two-story plus basement, two-unit residential building. Six weeks after its application start date of August 19, a permit was issued with a reported cost of $180,000 on September 28 for the homes, which will be developed and constructed by Romero’s Construction Service. Cruz Designs and Consultants is named as the architect of record.
