For the third time in three years, a renovation permit has been issued for a two-unit greystone at 5250 South Indiana Avenue in Washington Park. Plans to do a gut rehab on the building were first approved in 2023, with a follow-up permit issued in March 2024 to include an Additional Dwelling Unit. Now, permission has been granted to a new owner to continue that effort, while also repairing fire damage to the structure.
A new construction permit issued by the City of Chicago on August 28 will add a residential building on a Washington Park block currently improved with only one property. At 5827 South Prairie Avenue, Garfield Ridge Investments LLC has permission to erect the three-flat they applied to build on April 16. The permit cites a reported cost of $500,000.
The XS Tennis and Education Foundation continues to expand the footprint it serves with the issuance of a six-unit apartment construction permit at 5400 South Dearborn Street in Washington Park. The permit comes on the heels of the Chicago Plan Commission approval of XS’s tennis village just a block north of this residential project. Applied for on April 21 of this year, the permit came through on July 31 with a reported cost of $1.5 million.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for the mixed-use expansion of the XS Tennis and Education Foundation campus in Washington Park. Located at 5301 South State Street, the proposal will replace a large vacant lot at the corner of East 53rd Street, across from the existing tennis village.
Funding has been partially approved for Abrams Intergenerational Village at 5300 South Calumet Avenue in Washington Park. Just west of the neighborhood’s namesake park, the project has been in development for a few years and has undergone a slight redesign since our previous coverage. The effort is being led by the local social impact organization The Renaissance Collaborative.
