The weekly newsletter from the 42nd Ward on Friday included details for a proposed residential development at 669 North Michigan Avenue in Streeterville. AMLI Residential would like to erect a 56-story, 668-foot apartment tower designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz on the site, for now most prominently known for the Niketown store on the Magnificent Mile.
A three-flat residence has been permitted for construction at 6621 South Drexel Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood. The application was submitted on July 2 of this year, coming through on September 4 with a reported cost of $400,000.
The residential conversion of The Pittsfield Building at 55 East Washington Street in The Loop has received the blessing of the Chicago Plan Commission. Developer Tom Liravongsa, The Skyscraper Guy, submitted a request to rezone the tower from DR-10 Downtown Residential District to DX-16 Downtown Residential District and then to Residential Business Planned Development so he can turn empty office space into 214 dwelling units, including 43 units set aside as on-site affordable.
Demolition is imminent for a single-story commercial building that used to house the Polonia Dairy Company in Ukrainian Village. A permit to construct a six-flat residential project at 903 North Winchester Avenue was issued by the city on September 16, with wrecking permission still pending.
A permit issued Monday to the address of 1735 West Grand Avenue means the 1747 West Grand residential development is about to begin in West Town. Developer Panoptic Group applied for the permit on February 26, and it came through September 15th with an $8.685 million reported cost. Panoptic Group will also be the general contractor on the build.
