Plans are moving forward for the mixed-use development at 1338 West Lake Street in the West Loop. Sitting on the corner of West Lake Street and North Ada Street, the project was proposed over three years ago and is set to replace the former Leslie Hindman Auctioneers complex, which is currently in the process of being demolished. Efforts are being led by developer Cedar Street Companies.
A prolific development team of small residential projects has received another permit to build a two-story plus basement, two-unit building at 726 North Lotus Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. GT Alternatives LLC applied for the permit on November 7, and it came through after a two-and-a-half-month wait with a reported cost of $350,000. Peter Sterniuk is the homes’ designer, as he’s been for several previous buildings with GT Alternatives.
The Chicago Department of Planning and Development has announced four new winners for its latest allocation of Adopt-A-Landmark grants earlier this month. The four winners were selected from 20 applicants that are spread across the city and fall within the department’s Historic Preservation Division which services the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.
A foundation permit was issued Friday to allow Loyola University to begin construction on the new Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences. Addressed in the permit as 1144 West Loyola Avenue in Rogers Park, this is the former home of Campion Hall, which was demolished last year for the new facility. The construction site occupies the entire east side of the block spanning 6550 to 6600 North Sheridan Road between Albion and Loyola Avenues, one block north of the Loyola Red Line platform.
A single-family frame residence on the corner of Armitage Avenue and Wood Street in the Bucktown neighborhood will soon be replaced by a two-unit building permitted by the city on January 12. Assigned to 1803 West Armitage, the new permit allows for a three-story plus basement structure, indicating one duplex-down unit and one duplex-up, though it is not clear of they will be condominiums or rental properties.
