Demolition

Demolition Permit Issued For Rainbow Art Building At 2224 West Grand Avenue

7:00 am on March 3, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for a two-story industrial building and delivery bay at 2224 West Grand Avenue Chicago’s West Town Community Area. The permit came through on February 27, assigning B & K Concrete 1 of Blue Island as the deno contractor, at an estimated cost of $65,000. The building was the home of the Rainbow Art, Inc., and sold in fall of last year. But details about the selling price, as well as when Rainbow Art vacated the building, have proven difficult to find.

1367 West Wilson Avenue demolition permitted

Laundromat Demo Permit Will Wash Site Clean For 28 Units In Uptown

7:00 am on March 2, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for a single-story commercial building at 1367 West Wilson Avenue in Uptown. Demo fencing was delivered to the site after the Happy Wash Laundromat closed, and sat in a stack until it was set up to close off the parking lot along Dover Street. It now appears a new residential development for the site is soon to get started.

1063-67 West Taylor Street demolition work

Demolition Has Begun At 1063 West Taylor Street In Little Italy

7:30 am on February 27, 2025 By Daniel Schell

We barely got a chance to tell you about the demolition permit for an 1880s residential building at 1063-67 West Taylor Street in Little Italy, and now demo work has already gotten underway. Heneghan Wrecking wasted no time getting started, as they bring down the three-story brick building owned by St. Ignatius College Prep.

3631 North SHeffield Avenue demolition permit

First Demolition Permit Issued For Three Sheffield Avenue Buildings Next To Wrigley Field

7:00 am on February 27, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit has been issued for the turn-of-the-century residential building at 3631 North Sheffield Avenue in Wrigleyville. It’s the first of three adjacent buildings to be razed for a new residential development just beyond the right field ivy at Wrigley Field, with 3627 to its south and 3633 North Sheffield to its north surely soon to follow.

1063 West Taylor Street demolition permit

Demolition Permitted Of 1880s Multi-Unit Building In Little Italy

7:00 am on February 24, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit was issued Wednesday, February 19 for a multi-unit residential building at 1036-67 West Taylor Street in the Little Italy neighborhood on the Near West Side. The permit names St. Ignatius College Prep as the owner of the building; Redfin shows the building was purchased in August for $1.8 million.

424 South Wabash Avenue demolition permit

Demolition Permit Issued For 424 South Wabash; Hotel Project Could Begin Soon

7:00 am on February 22, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit was issued Friday for a one-story commercial building at 424 South Wabash Avenue in The Loop. And it looks like that means a long-awaited hotel project is about ready to get started on the site.

3739 North Clifton Avenue demolition permit

With Demo Fencing Surrounding Wrigleyville Property, Demolition Permit Issued…For The Wrong Address?

7:00 am on February 15, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Could be just a quirky coincidence, but a demolition permit was issued by the City of Chicago on February 13 for the residential property at 3729 North Clifton Avenue in Wrigleyville. The owner is listed in the permit as 3739 N Clifton LLC, which is an entity for United Chicago Builders. Those house numbers, of course, are not for the same house.

Demolition Permit Issued For 2348 North Seeley In Bucktown; 56 Units Planned For Site

7:00 am on February 14, 2025 By Daniel Schell

A demolition permit for a single-story building on North Seeley Avenue in Bucktown marks another step closer to the beginning of a new residential development for the site. YIMBY reported on 2350 North Seeley in June of last year, and now a permit to tear down the second of two buildings on the lot was issued by the city on February 6.

3711 North Oakley Avenue demolition permitted

Demolition Permit Issued For 3711 North Oakley Avenue In North Center

7:00 am on February 12, 2025 By Daniel Schell

The City of Chicago on January 31 issued a demolition permit for a multi-unit residential building at 3711 North Oakley Avenue in North Center. Located on the east side of the street and directly across from CPS’s Alexander Graham Bell School, the structure will be replaced by a single-family home to be built on spec.

Fast Track Fast Food’s Fast Demolition Clears The Way For West Loop Residential Development

7:30 am on February 7, 2025 By Daniel Schell

Demolition of the former Fast Track fast food restaurant is complete at Lake Street and Des Plaines Avenue in the West Loop. Single-story buildings aren’t expected to take much time to tear down, and once this one got started, is was over in a hurry. With the site clear, construction can begin for the eight-story, 49-unit residential building taking its place.

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