Washington Park

A Chicago builder that received a permit to erect a three-flat residence on South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park back in January will construct three more on adjacent lots. Reliable Home Remodeling & Construction Company got their latest permit on May 29, allowing for a three-story slab-on-grade building at 5306 South Prairie Avenue. The permit came through with a reported cost of $500,000, 71 days after its application start date.

A developer from Richton Park, Il received permission last week to construct a three-flat on the same Washington Park block where they got a trio of permits back in June 2025. The Kolossal Group submitted an application on October 15 of last year for 5653 South Prairie Avenue, and that permit came through on February 20 with a reported cost of $500,000.

The City of Chicago has issued a permit to begin construction of a three-flat residential building at 5167 South Michigan Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood. A private property owner from Northfield applied for the permit in September of last year, and it came through on February 3 with a reported cost of $400,000.

The City of Chicago issued a permit on January 27 that will allow the full construction of a six-story, 71-unit supportive housing development at 5300 South Calumet Avenue in Washington Park. The permit names Abrams Intergenerational Village as the property owner; that will be the name of the project, as chosen by developer The Renaissance Collaborative.

A large vacant lot on South Prairie Avenue in Washington Park will be improved by three-flat construction, courtesy of a permit the city issued on January 7. While there remain several lots empty at the site, the first permit is a step forward. The application date shows as November 12, and it came through 56 days later with a reported cost of $450,000 for the work covered by the permit.