Site prep is complete, and foundation work has begun, for a new residential development on a former Byline Bank site in Uptown. Platinum Homes received a new construction permit to build at 4713 North Clark Street on January 6, and work is underway for a five-story masonry structure on the northeast corner with Leland Avenue.
The construction permit has been granted for a residential development in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood we told you about last month. The permit was issued on February 3 for 801 South Western Avenue, allowing 4Corners Real Estate to build a five-story, 36-unit building with 18 outdoor parking spaces and ground-floor retail. 4Corners will be their own general contractor, at an estimated construction cost of $500,000, according to the permit, which shows an application date of July 16, 2024.
A pair of buildings at Racine and Fulton in the Fulton Market District are in various states of destruction, as Heneghan Wrecking works to clear a site for redevelopment. A visit during the last week of January showed little remaining of the former Revel space along Fulton, and a visit Monday showed the demo crew making their way toward the front of the Christensen & Olsen Foundry Company building at 218 North Racine Avenue.
A permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to begin construction on a three-story, three-unit masonry building at 4932 South Champlain Avenue in the Grand Boulevard Community Area. The permit came through for Park Royal Development on January 3, while permission to build next door at 4934 South Champlain is still pending in the Chicago Data Portal. Both permits show application dates of December 13, 2024.
The first three-story, six-unit condominium building on the site of the former Twisted Hippo brewpub at Richmond Street and Montrose Avenue in Irving Park has hit the market. On the south end of the giant multi-space lot, 4337 North Richmond got construction started first, following a fire that destroyed the brewery, the gym it shared a building with, and a four-story apartment building next door.
