A demolition permit has been issued for a property at 2417 W Walton Street in the West Town neighborhood. The permit specifies the removal of a two-story frame multi-unit residence, making way for potential new development. The listed owner of the project is 2417 Walton Corp.
A construction permit has been issued for a new residential development at 1712 W Augusta Boulevard in West Town. This planned three-story, four-unit building will include multiple roof decks and enclosures, three-story rear stairs, front and rear porches, and two four-car garages with roof decks. George Pop is the owner of the project.
New bike infrastructure plans have been announced along parts of N Milwaukee Avenue and W Grand Avenue within West Town. The two separate projects will run on portions of the large roads as each city ward must coordinate such infrastructure within their boundaries, the lanes would bring desperately needed improvements on some of the most dangerous streets in the city. The work for both is being executed in collaboration with the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) with the support of some advocacy groups.
The Chicago City Council has approved the commercial development at 1675 N Elston Avenue in West Town. Located near the intersection with W Wabansia Avenue and near both Lincoln Yards and the Salt Shed, the project will reuse an existing storage building and adjacent vacant lot. Called ‘The Outset’, the music venue is being developed by a team under the name 1675 Holdings LLC with an undisclosed architect.
A demolition permit has been issued for the site of 910 N Ashland Avenue in West Town. This permit allows the removal of a two-story masonry mixed-use building that formerly stood on the 2,775-square-foot lot. The property, last purchased on January 14, 1981, for $16,000, is owned by Khaled Suleiman.
