A single-story commercial building at 1802 West Chicago Avenue in West Town will soon be replaced by six residential units atop retail space. An application for a construction permit on the site was applied for on September 5 of last year, and it came through on February 3 with a reported cost of $1.7 million.
Plans are moving forward for the residential conversion of the historic fireproof warehouse at 3240 West Lawrence Avenue in Albany Park. The five-story building is located just west of the intersection with North Sawyer Avenue, a few steps from the CTA Brown Line Kimball station. The project has now received approval from local Alderwoman Rodriguez.
A small gap in the Milwaukee Avenue Street wall in Wicker Park will now be plugged, thanks to a permit issued by the city on January 21. At 1280 North Milwaukee, Kiferbaum Development Group got permission to erect a four-story on slab building, with no basement. They filed their application on July 23 of last year, and it came through with a reported cost of $2 million.
Additional renderings have been revealed as part of a new fly-through video of the upcoming Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport. The new concourse marks the first major expansion at the airport since the Terminal 5 expansion was completed in 2023. It is also the first phase of the overall ORDNext project and is expected to be completed in 2028.
A vacant lot across the street from Dvorak Park and just north of Cermak Road in Pilsen will soon be improved with a three-story plus basement, two-unit residential building. A permit was issued for 2130 South May Street on January 21, five months after its application date of September 30, 2025. It came through from its 113-day wait with a reported cost of $520,000.
