The Chicago Plan Commission has approved the plans for DuSable Park at 451 North DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Streeterville. The project will redevelop a small vacant peninsula surrounded by Lake Michigan and connected to the upcoming spire replacement, 400 LSD. The effort is being led by the Park District, with partial funding from Related Midwest.
Now that a pair of 1895-built frame homes have been razed from the site, excavation work is underway for a new residential building at 2677 North Orchard Street in Lincoln Park. Two demolition permits were issued for the existing residences on June 30, and both structures were quickly dispatched.
The Chicago Committee on Zoning has approved plans to upzone a large stretch of Broadway across the Far North Side. Earlier this year, we covered the announcement of the new initiative led by the Department of Planning and Development, aimed at upzoning lots along the thoroughfare between Montrose Avenue to the south and Devon Avenue to the north.
Excavation is underway for a five-story, ten-unit residential building at 2206 West Lawrence Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Piles of sand and soil have built up at the back of the construction site as Longford Construction gets set to begin the foundation.
The first of a pair of three-flat permit have been issued by the city for a vacant lot on North Menard Avenue in Austin. On October 9, 30 North Menard received permission for three stories and three units, with the permit showing an application date of May 21 and a reported cost of $450,000.
