Demolition is in progress for the three buildings that formerly comprised the Leslie Hindman Auctioneers complex at West Lake and North Ada Streets in the West Loop. A site visit this week showed a pause on demo work as crews salvaged and palletized bricks. Lot of bricks.
Demolition of the Ravenswood Presbyterian Church at 4300 North Hermitage Avenue in Ravenswood is now underway. A pair of permits were issued on December 3rd, allowing contractor Dexco Corporation to get to work on the church and the caretaker’s home behind it.
A pair of buildings once home to the Royal George Theatre on North Halsted Street in Lincoln Park are now being demolished for redevelopment. Demolition permits for 1633 and 1649 North Halsted Street were issued October 31, and now that process is underway. The property contained the two-story theatre building, a parking structure, a restaurant space, and a four-story office/commercial building.
Permits have now been secured for all four single-family residences to be built on the site of the vacant church and school on North Richmond Street in Logan Square. Both of those structures are now being demolished ahead of the lot’s redevelopment.
Three demolition permits issued for West Lake Street in the Fulton Market District signal the beginnings of a new residential tower from developer CedarSt Companies. 1332 and 1338 West Lake, which comprised the Hindman Auction complex, were cleared for razing over a four-day period earlier in November.
