A major restoration effort has been completed along the border with Wisconsin at Illinois Beach State Park in Lake County. Announced in 2019 with work kicking off last year, the work helped restore part of the park’s 6.5 mile shoreline while protecting it from future erosion. The project was led by the state with SmithGroup working on its design and Michels Construction having executed the work.
Three demolition permits have been issued for properties on the southwest corner of Montrose Avenue and California Avenue in Irving Park. The removal of those buildings will clear space for developers Farah and Amir Essa to build their next Tiny Giants Early Learning Center facility and mixed-use residential development, designed by SEEK Design + Architecture. The new project will include school offices on the second floor, and 24 residential units on levels three and four. The learning center will occupy the ground floor.
A new construction permit has been issued for the property at 1463 West Gregory Street in Edgewater. The permit was applied for on January 22 and issued on October 2, with a processing time of 254 days.
Financing has been secured to kick off the construction of the residential development at 537 W Drummond Place in Lincoln Park. The project will be replacing a surface lot as the second phase of the Covent Hotel redevelopment on the corner with N Clark Street. Local developer Drummond Development is leading efforts with architecture firm Brininstool + Lynch on the design.
The Irving, a North Center residential development from Chicago-based Altitude Capital Partners, is one step closer to getting started now that demolition is complete of the small commercial plaza it’s replacing. That plaza, at 2035 West Irving Park Road, got a demolition permit on August 8 of this year, and demo contractor A.G. Coyle has cleared the site of the building. A dirt lot and empty surface parking lot are all that remain.
