A demolition permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to remove the single-story commercial building at 1412 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. The Alverna Group LLC is the recipient of the permit, which came through on June 3rd. It names L. Kearney Inc as the demo contractor and cites a reported cost of $15,000.
A construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to begin a residential development at Irving Park Road and Seeley Avenue in the North Center neighborhood. The Irving will be a five-story, 37-unit project that replaces a small commercial plaza at 2035 West Irving Park Road that was demolished in 2024 to make way for redevelopment.
A demolition permit has been issued for a two-story masonry building at 1118 West Fullerton Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. It was the former home of Branko’s Sandwich Shop, a DePaul campus stalwart for almost 50 years. The restaurant closed in 2024, and the building, erected in 1908 and owned by the Branko family, sold earlier this year for $1.1 million, according to real estate records. The permit, issued June 11th, names Precision Excavation as the demolition contractor, at a reported cost of $29,500.
The Lawndale Christian Development Corporation has received permission this month to build 10 affordable single-family homes in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Eight permits were issued on June 10, one on June 9, and one on June 5. Their applications were filed between November 2024 and January of this year, and each permit shows a reported construction cost of $300,000.
It’s still very early in the construction progress at 4709 North Paulina Street in Uptown, but it’s already showing signs of what its renderings depicted. Masonry work on the front façade of the first floor indicates this will be bricked in as it goes up, highlighting brick and limestone markings on the courtyard-style apartment building and its west-facing bay windows.
