Edgewater

Nearly five years after a caisson permit was issued to begin construction on a seven-story Edgewater condo building, a new developer has received permission to try again on the same parcel. On July 17, Variable Properties LLC got a permit for a five-story, 24-unit residential project at 6027 North Kenmore Avenue, where a 2017 demolition laid waste to one of the last surviving homes by John Lewis Cochran. The permit had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since March 13, and it came through with a reported cost of $2.7 million.

Foundation work has begun for the residential development at 6143 North Kenmore Avenue in Edgewater. Concrete forms have been placed at the front of the construction site, while excavating sand and tearing out the remnants of the previous asphalt lot used by the now-demolished Kindred Hospital continue. As we’ve come to learn, that sand is ubiquitous on sites this close to the lake front, and with a 40-car garage planned for the basement level, digging it out and hauling it off will take some time.