The first permit to build on the site of the former Ravenswood Presbyterian Church at 4300 North Hermitage Avenue in Ravenswood hit the Chicago Data Portal on January 20. Addressed as 4304 North Hermitage, this is the first of an expected six homes for the site, which begins at the corner with West Cullom Avenue and occupies 4300 through 4318.
A month after a permit was issued across the street, another residential permit has been issued for the 4900 block of North Damen Avenue in Ravenswood. On December 22, developer Profus Construction Corp received a permit to build a three-story with basement, three-unit building at 4928 North Damen. Their application is dated May 13, and it came through with a reported cost of $950,000.
Foundation work is underway for a new residential building at 4913 North Damen Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Developer Heffernan Builders, which real estate sites report bought the property earlier this year for $995,000, filed an application on December 30 of last year, and the permit came through on November 17 with a reported cost of $1.2 million.
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.
When last we checked on 4317 North Paulina Street in Ravenswood in October, a 1905-built greystone on the site had been mostly reduced to rubble. A crew was on hand to sort and salvage pallet loads of bricks from the old building, while stone accoutrement from the façade and other items from the structure awaited removal. Demolition was permitted on October 7 and carried out by Builder Luxury of Willowbrook.
