The six-story loft office building at 168 North Clinton Street in the West Loop was permitted for demolition on January 22. It has taken some time to get preliminary work done inside the building in preparation for the razing, but that’s been accomplished now, and demo work is expected to begin in earnest within the next two week.
One parcel on a vacant swatch of South California Avenue in North Lawndale has been approved for a new three-flat. The city issued a permit for a three-story, three-unit building at 1124 South California on May 1 with a reported cost of $450,000. It had been pending in the Chicago Data Portal since February 10, a duration of 58 business days.
Plans have been revealed for a new medical office center at 5333 South Harlem Avenue in Garfield Ridge. Sitting mid-block between West 53rd Street and West 54th Street, the project is set to replace a long-term vacant lot and is being planned by Chicago-based Women’s Health Group and MAS Ventures.
A three-story plus basement, two-unit residential building has been permitted by the City of Chicago to replace a frame home and its detached garage at 1936 South May Street in the Pilsen neighborhood. The new permit shows an application start date of November 11, 2025, and it came though on April 15 with a reported cost of $600,000.
Additional details have been revealed as permits have been issued for the upcoming residential development at 545 East Oakwood Boulevard in Bronzeville. Sitting on the corner with South Vincennes Avenue near Mandrake Park, the proposal will replace the existing Holy Angels School building, which has been closed for nearly a decade.
