The Legacy, an 11-story residential building under construction at 1621 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, erected a tower crane last week as a crew from general contractor Valenti continues foundation work. The crane was in action Friday as we watched it move rebar around the site. The 110-unit apartment building replaces a single-story commercial structure permitted for demolition back in February.
Funding has been secured for the upcoming first phase of the larger LeClaire Courts redevelopment at 4809 West 44th Street in Garfield Ridge. Located along Cicero Avenue, the project replaces the large vacant lot left behind after the demolition of the former Chicago Housing Authority’s public housing complex near Midway International Airport.
A permit issued on August 27 allows BAK HOME Development to erect a three-story plus basement, four-unit condominium building at 1517 West School Street in Lake View. The permit came through 58 days after its application start date of June 30, and it includes a reported cost of two million dollars.
Updated details have been revealed for the redevelopment of the American Islamic College (AIC) building at 640 West Irving Park Road in Uptown. Sitting along Inner Lake Shore Drive, the project has been in the works for over four years and has seen various iterations and funding strategies. Now, the project will proceed without the proposed high-rise.
A permit issued by the City of Chicago on August 27 allows a Lombard developer to construct the first of two planned two-flat residential buildings on South Kolin Avenue in North Lawndale. Lashley Construction Group will start with 1321 South Kolin, for which an application was filed on July 5 of this year. Next door, an application for 1317 South Kolin was filed two weeks prior, on June 21. The first permit comes through with a reported cost of $250,000.
