Articles by Daniel Schell

Permit Issued For Conversion Of Lake Street Lofts To Office And Retail Space

7:30 am on June 16, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A permit issued by the City of Chicago on June 11 will allow the renovation of former loft apartments at Lake and Peoria Streets in the West Loop to office space. Lake Street Lofts at 900 West Lake Street is now part of the 919 West Fulton office building, and its conversion from residential units includes a multi-story physical connection between the two structures. The permit, issued to 210 North Peoria Street, was applied for on March 4 of this year, and it comes with a reported $16 million construction cost.

1412 West Belmont Avenue demolition permit issued

Demolition Permit Opens Door To Redevelopment At 1412 West Belmont Avenue In Lake View

7:30 am on June 15, 2025 By Daniel Schell

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.

Construction Permit Issued For The Irving In North Center

7:30 am on June 14, 2025 By Daniel Schell

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.

1118 West Fullerton Avenue demolition permitted

Demolition Permit Issued For Former Branko’s Sandwich Shop In Lincoln Park

7:30 am on June 13, 2025 By Daniel Schell

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.

Ten North Lawndale affordable homes permitted

Ten Affordable Single-Family Homes Permitted For North Lawndale Neighborhood

7:30 am on June 12, 2025 By Daniel Schell

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.

4907 North Paulina Street construction update

4907 North Paulina Already Shaping Up Like Its Renderings

7:30 am on June 11, 2025 By Daniel Schell

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.

2929 West Washington Boulevard construction permitted

Garfield Park Three-Flat Permitted At 2929 West Washington Boulevard

7:30 am on June 10, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Permission has been granted by the City of Chicago to build a three-story, three-unit residential building at 2929 West Washington Boulevard in Garfield Park. Cipher Construction LLC is named as the general contractor, and is registered to the same Oak Park address as the listed owner of the property. The application to build was filed on March 28, and it came through on May 29 with a reported construction cost of $600,000.

3740 North Racine Avenue construction permitted

Two Units Permitted At 3740 North Racine Avenue In Wrigleyville

7:30 am on June 9, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Construction permission has been granted to build new residences at 3740 North Racine Avenue in the Wrigleyville neighborhood. The application for the three-story plus basement, two-unit building was filed on April 11 and the permit came through on June 5th showing a reported construction cost of $750,000.

1065 and 1073 West Polk Street demolitions permitted

First Of Two Three-Flats Permitted On Polk Street In Little Italy

7:30 am on June 8, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Permission has been granted by the city to begin construction on a three-story plus basement, three-unit building at 1073 West Polk Street in Little Italy. It is the first replacement for a pair of 1880s-era homes that were permitted for demolition in March for redevelopment. The entity of 1073 W Polk LLC, registered to an address in Orland Park, is the developer. The permit application was filed on March 5th, and it came through on June 3rd with a reported construction cost just under $1.1 million.

Northwestern University Kellogg Education Center tower crane

Northwestern University Erects A Tower Crane On The Evanston Lakefront

7:30 am on June 7, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Northwestern University and Power Construction have erected a tower crane to construct a new building along the Lake Michigan waterfront in Evanston. The seven-story, 242,000-square-foot Kellogg Education Center is now under construction, with foundation work currently in progress.

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