Two demolition permits issued by the City of Chicago on the final day of October will usher in redevelopment on the 1600 block of North Halsted Street in Lincoln Park. Those two buildings were home to the Royal George Theatre, which closed in 2020. Precision Excavation has been contracted to tear down 1633 and 1649 North Halsted Street, which entail a four-story and two-story building plus a parking deck.
More than 24 months after a new construction permit was issued to replace it, a 1905-built residence in Ravenswood has been reduced to rubble. Bricks to salvage and memories to cherish are all that remain at 4317 North Paulina Street ahead of redevelopment for eight new units on the site.
The pending doom of demolition fencing surrounds the Ravenswood Presbyterian Church at 4300 North Hermitage Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Sources confirm that a developer plans to tear down the 110-year-old church and replace it with a half-dozen or so single-family homes.
A demolition permit issued for an 1883-built residence at 1934 North Halsted Street in Lincoln Park will clear a lot for a new two-unit building. Real estate records show the home was sold in August for $1.325 million. Permission to raze it came through on October 16, naming Carlos Group as the demo contractor at a reported cost of $20,000.
A demolition permit from the City of Chicago allows Loyola University to tear down Campion Hall on North Sheridan Road in Rogers Park ahead of redeveloping the site for a new center for nursing and science. The block-long three-story building addressed as 6551 North Sheridan extends from Loyola Avenue north to Albion Avenue.
