Site prep and digging of the foundation have begun for a three-and-a-half-story plus basement, three-unit building at 1406 West Cuyler Avenue in Graceland West. A permit was issued for the property back on January 10, and last week, an excavator was delivered to the site in anticipation of work getting started. And now, general contractor Skal Construction & Development of Elk Grove Village has gotten to work.
A permit was issued by the City of Chicago allowing for the construction of a three-story plus basement, four-unit building at 6416 North Francisco Avenue in West Ridge. Developer Amazing City LLC of Lake Zurich got the permit on March 24 after filing the application on May 22, 2024. They are listed as their own general contractor, at a reported cost of $1.538 million.
With caisson work having wrapped up already, crews have now begun construction at grade for the residential development at 629 West Lake Street in the West Loop. The permit to begin work, caissons and all, was issued to developer Fulton Market Suites LLC on December 9 of last year. Demolition of the site’s existing single-story restaurant building didn’t get started until January, but once it began, things moved along quickly, bringing us to the progress we saw last week.
The second of two construction permits has been issued by the City of Chicago for a pair of four-story, eight-unit residential buildings in the Tri-Taylor neighborhood. The first permit, addressed as 2351 West Flournoy Street, was permitted for construction on January 13. The later one, for 2355 West Flournoy Street, came through on March 19. Both permit applications show filing dates of December 21, 2022, with a reported cost just under $2 million.
A two-flat has been permitted for construction at 3029 West Washington Boulevard in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Issued on March 17, the permit allows A-Z Remodeling, Inc to get started on the two-story plus basement, two-unit building designed by Pro-Plan Architects. The application to build was filed on February 11; the permit shows a reported construction cost of $300,000.
