A Schaumburg developer received permits to construct five three-flat residential buildings in North Lawndale on March 12. Using the entity of Missing Middle Chicago LLC, Alteza Group LLC will fill four vacant lots with the five buildings spread out over a six-block area of the neighborhood. All five permits were filed for between February 2 and February 10 of this year.
The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for the mixed-use development known as “The Phoenix” at 3611 North Halsted Street in Lake View East. Located just north of the intersection with West Addison Street, the low-rise would add to a string of new developments in the North Halsted area, including two recently proposed hotels.
A pair of tower crane permits came through for Chicago on March 12, a small sign that this could be a busier year for large construction projects in the city than what we’ve seen the past couple years. Both cranes will erect residential buildings: one on the Near South Side, and one in the West Loop.
The Chicago City Council has approved plans for the residential development at 3746 to 3766 South Michigan Avenue in Bronzeville. Sitting just south of the intersection with East 37th Place, the multi-building project will replace a vacant lot in the quickly growing and changing neighborhood, just north of where a new hotel and museum were recently announced.
Excavation has begun for a three-story plus basement, two-unit residential building at 2130 South May Street in Pilsen. Included in the task is the removal of old foundations from the previous structure demolished in 2017. The most recent Google images of the property show the lot overgrow with vegetation, hiding the concrete remnants that need to be removed before the new basement can be dug out.
