A three-story plus basement, two-unit building has been permitted to replace a frame residence at 1455 West Melrose Street on the west side of Lake View. Issued with a reported cost of $920,000, the permit was applied for on May 21 and came through on July 11.
The Lake View neighborhood is getting closer to adding 52 more residential units, as progress continues at 3605 North Ravenswood Avenue. General contractor and co-developer Macon Construction has reached the fourth level of what will essentially be a five-story building. A partial sixth floor will hold an amenity suite.
As demolition continues, the new construction permit has been issued for the residential development at 925 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Using the address of 919 West Belmont, the permit has an application date of April 9 and was issued on August 5 with a reported cost of $8 million.
The condominium development at Irving Park Road and Wayne Avenue in Lake View is rapidly approaching completion. 3951 Wayne is a 31-unit building on the site of a former Burger King restaurant at 1323 West Irving Park Road. That edifice received a demolition permit in January 2024, and work on the new residences was approved three months later, with foundation work getting started last summer.
Demolition has rendered mostly unrecognizable the shops and apartments that used to occupy 917 through 925 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Permission to tear down the building came in on July 18, with the rear lot having been fenced off well before the demo permit came through. As of July 29, progress had reached the facades along the street front.
