The Chicago City Council has approved a mixed-use development at 5301 South State Street in Washington Park. Located at the intersection with East 53rd Street, the proposal will replace a large vacant lot while expanding the existing XS Tennis and Education Foundation campus across the street.
A permit was issued on August 29 to allow the construction of a three-story, three-unit residential building at 5635 South Wabash Avenue in Washington Park. The permit comes about seven weeks after its application was submitted on July 7, and it cites a reported cost of $500,000.
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.
