A new residential permit issued by the city on December 18 will deliver a multi-unit building at 1658 North Burling Street in Lincoln Park. Showing an application date not even two months old, the permit came through with a reported cost of $2.85 million. The double lot lies in the midst of Burling Street’s well-known high-end real estate.
Another residential construction permit has been issued for ever-changing North Orchard Street in the Lincoln Park sub-neighborhood of Old Town. At 1638 North Orchard, permission was granted on December 23 for EZMB LLC to build a four-story plus basement, three-unit structure likely to be for-sale condominiums. The application was filed less than two weeks ago, on December 12, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1,468,750.
The Chicago City Council has approved the upcoming DePaul University Athletics building at 2300 North Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park. The proposal was introduced over a year ago and has undergone several aesthetic iterations since then. It also received Plan Commission approval approximately one month ago.
Plans are advancing for future replacements of the former Lincoln Yards megadevelopment on the western edge of Lincoln Park. The northern half will be home to Foundry Park, a mixed-use development led by Chicago-based JDL, which submitted a zoning application this week. Additionally, a buyer has now been announced for the southern half of the site.
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.
