The Chicago City Council has approved plans for the residential conversion of the former church school building at 2401 West Congress Parkway in Tri-Taylor. Located at the corner of South Western Avenue, the project is part of a larger development that also includes the former rectory next door, whose approval we covered yesterday.
A new construction home at 3709 North Oakley Avenue in North Center permitted in March now has permission to add a coach house with an Additional Dwelling Unit. The new home replaces a 1926-built masonry building addressed as 3711 North Oakley that was permitted for demolition in January. Real estate sites indicate builder G Alan Development purchased the property in 2024 for $820,000.
The Chicago City Council has approved plans for a mixed-use development at 2411 West Congress Parkway in Tri-Taylor. The project was announced earlier this year as the team, led by 4Corners LLC, prepares to replace a former church rectory on the corner of Western Avenue, directly across from the Eisenhower Expressway.
Another residential construction permit has been issued for ever-changing North Orchard Street in the Lincoln Park sub-neighborhood of Old Town. At 1638 North Orchard, permission was granted on December 23 for EZMB LLC to build a four-story plus basement, three-unit structure likely to be for-sale condominiums. The application was filed less than two weeks ago, on December 12, and it comes through with a reported cost of $1,468,750.
The Chicago City Council has approved a residential development at 4641 North Ashland Avenue in Uptown. Located directly across the street from Chase Park, the project will serve as the second phase of the Lourdes School residential conversion next door. The effort is being led by the same developer, Honore Properties.
