7100 S Ashland Avenue

Permit Issued for New Retail Building at 7100 S Ashland Avenue in West Englewood

A new one-story retail building is now cleared for construction at 7100 S Ashland Avenue in West Englewood, replacing a building that was destroyed by fire. The project, located at the corner of Ashland & 71st, is expected to cost $300,000 according to the recently issued permit. The occupying owner is filed under Abas Achmad, while the architect of record is Nick Scarlatis & Associates.

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Initial Plans And Groundbreaking Date Revealed For Englewood Nature Trail

A potential groundbreaking date has been announced for the upcoming Englewood Nature Trail in Englewood. Stretching roughly from S Damen Avenue in the west to S Halsted Street in the east, the potential trail will replace the long-abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway lines which the city purchased in 2014. Now the city itself along with Grow Greater Englewood have revealed their initial design studies by Gensler after receiving $6 million last year to kick off efforts.

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4611 N Broadway. Rendering by Pappageorge Haymes

Platform 4611 Completes Construction in Uptown

A nine-story development known as “Platform 4611” has completed construction at 4611 N Broadway in Uptown. The 103-foot mixed-use building was co-developed between The John Buck Company and Free Market Ventures, yielding 200 new apartments and 12,000 square feet of ground-level retail space.

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