Zoning Board of Appeals Passes Variances for 3449 N Ashland Avenue in Lake View

7:30 am on June 4, 2022 By Bee Ricketts

The Zoning Board of Appeals has approved variances for a five-story residential development at 3449 N Ashland Avenue in Lake View. The project site is situated at the southeast corner of the intersection of N Ashland Avenue and W Cornelia Avenue and has approximately 200 feet of street frontage. Contemporary Concepts Inc is the developer for the project which will replace two existing commercial masonry buildings. Demolition permits for the existing buildings were issued in March of this year. Permits for the construction itself have yet to be filed.

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Cirrus

Residential Skyscraper Cirrus Now Open to Residents in Lakeshore East

7:45 am on June 3, 2022 By Jack Crawford

Now open to residents is the 47-story condominium skyscraper known as Cirrus, situated just west of the lakefront in Chicago’s Lakeshore East. This 562-foot-tall tower at 211 N Harbor Drive was developed by Lendlease and Magellan Development Group, offering 350 condominiums connected to 50,000 square feet of amenity space. Alongside its 37-story apartment buildings sibling dubbed Cascade and a 0.8-acre-Cascade Park. The two towers and the park occupy the parcels J, K, and L of the larger Lakeshore East masterplan.

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Chicago Plan Commission Approves 2700 N Pine Grove Avenue in Lincoln Park

7:30 am on June 3, 2022 By Ian Achong

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved a mixed-use development at 2700 N Pine Grove Avenue in Lincoln Park. Located near the intersection with W Wrightwood Avenue near the Elks National Memorial and Headquarters as well as Lincoln Park’s North Pond, the project will restore the existing domed church building on the site with a large addition built over its current surface parking lot. The developer is the church itself, the Second Church of Christ Scientist Chicago which has seen dwindling congregation numbers thus the decision to move forward with the addition designed by local design firm Booth Hansen Architects.

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New Permit Issued for 2852 W Lyndale Street in Logan Square

7:00 am on June 3, 2022 By Bee Ricketts

Permits were issued on Tuesday for a new three-story residential building located at 2852 W Lyndale Street in the Logan Square neighborhood. The project will replace an existing structure. The permit owner is listed as Urban Edge Group LLC and plans indicate that the development will include two total units, each equipped with outdoor space at the rear. There will be a rooftop deck with an enclosed staircase and an attached three-car garage with its own rooftop deck.

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