As demolition continues, the new construction permit has been issued for the residential development at 925 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Using the address of 919 West Belmont, the permit has an application date of April 9 and was issued on August 5 with a reported cost of $8 million.
The condominium development at Irving Park Road and Wayne Avenue in Lake View is rapidly approaching completion. 3951 Wayne is a 31-unit building on the site of a former Burger King restaurant at 1323 West Irving Park Road. That edifice received a demolition permit in January 2024, and work on the new residences was approved three months later, with foundation work getting started last summer.
Demolition has rendered mostly unrecognizable the shops and apartments that used to occupy 917 through 925 West Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Permission to tear down the building came in on July 18, with the rear lot having been fenced off well before the demo permit came through. As of July 29, progress had reached the facades along the street front.
A new construction permit has been issued by the City of Chicago to build a masonry three-flat at 1509 West School Street in the Lake View neighborhood. Property owner Coen Development applied for the permit on May 13, and it came through on July 21. It cites a reported cost of $1.2 million, with Coen acting as their own general contractor.
The Chicago City Council has approved the revised plans for the mixed-use redevelopment at 3133 North Halsted Street in Lake View. Located just north of the intersection with North Clark Street, the project was revealed not long ago and received a refreshed design earlier this month. Since then, it has gained aldermanic approval on its way to the city council.
