A demolition permit has been carried out on a single-story commercial building at 3650 North Ashland Avenue in Lake View. The permit was issued on January 27 of this year to raze the shuttered Capt’n Nemo’s sandwich shop, with Precision Excavation performing teardown duties. A visit to the site on June 15 shows nothing remaining but rubble and salvaged bricks.
A set of five multi-unit residences on North Lawndale Avenue in Humboldt Park is now ready to complete construction with the issuance of the remaining two permits. Permission to build homes at 535 North Lawndale and 544 North Lawndale came through on June 12. USA Roofing Supply, Inc is the developer and general contractor, with Hanna Architects named as the designer.
Bricks are being salvaged from the former commercial building at Wilson Avenue and Dover Street in Uptown, as the beginning of construction work nears for a new residential development. A permit to get underway was issued back in March, so it is expected the new building will begin post haste once the site is cleaned up completely. Icon Property Management is the developer here, and their construction permit cites a reported construction cost of just over $5 million.
A renovation permit was issued by the City of Chicago on June 16 to add two more dwelling units to a recently completed residential building in West Ridge. 5824 North Lincoln Avenue was permitted for construction back on March 15, 2021, and completed early in 2023. Developer and general contractor Panoptic Group filed for the renovation permit in January, and it was issued with a reported cost of $180,000. Real estate records show the apartment development sold in April for $3.6 million.
The Navy Pier Marina opened over Father’s Day Weekend on the north side of the pier. There remains work to be done on the containerized amenities building, but boats have begun using the marina as a stopping point on their excursions through Chicago’s waterways.
