Two permits have been issued by the City of Chicago to build a four-story addition and to renovate portions of the existing Prescott Elementary School at 1632 West Wrightwood Avenue in Lincoln Park. The permit applications were filed by CPS on January 16, and came through on May 7 with a reported construction cost of $2.622 million.
Redevelopment plans have been approved for the former Inn at Lincoln Park, located at 601 W Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park. Situated at the corner of Diversey Parkway and North Lehmann Court, the project will breathe new life into the aging structure, which has been the subject of various redevelopment proposals in recent years. This latest effort is being spearheaded by Validus Capital.
A construction permit was issued this week for a new residential development at 1935 North Mohawk Street in Lincoln Park. As that permit was coming through, demolition was underway on the three addresses it will replace. Now, two of those are reduced to rubble, while little more than partial façades remain of the third.
A three-flat has been permitted at 2741 North Greenview Avenue on the northern edge of the Lincoln Park Community Area. Buckley Builders Inc. of Park Ridge are the recipients of the permit, which was applied for on January 8th and received on April 8th. The permit indicates they will be their own general contractor, with a reported cost of $825,000.
Demolition work is complete on an 1890-built residential building at 908 West Fullerton Avenue just north of the DePaul University campus in Lincoln Park. A demolition permit was issued for the site on February 25, and was carried out by Carlos Group Inc. of Chicago. Real estate records the the building was sold to Pro Homes of SUmmit, IL earlier this year for $1.485 million.
