The City of Chicago on January 31 issued a demolition permit for a multi-unit residential building at 3711 North Oakley Avenue in North Center. Located on the east side of the street and directly across from CPS’s Alexander Graham Bell School, the structure will be replaced by a single-family home to be built on spec.
New plans have been revealed for the mixed-use development at 925 W Belmont Avenue in Lake View. Sitting just a few feet away from the CTA Red Line Belmont station, a much larger version of the project was initially revealed last year by Mavrek Development. Both the original and current design were led by local firm Eckenhoff Saunders.
Structural steel that’s bringing a second life to the former Second Church Of Christ, Scientist in Lincoln Park has topped out. At 2700 North Pine Grove Avenue, Ogden Partners is mixing the new into the old, constructing a six-story building within three salvaged façade walls of the 1901-built Beaux-Arts church.
The City of Chicago issued a permit on January 31 to construct a three-story with basement, three-unit building at 4827 South St. Lawrence Avenue in Grand Boulevard. The permit shows an application date of May 20, 2024, and names Jacob Da Builder as the developer and general contractor, with an estimated construction cost of just over $1 million.
The prominent development sites at 601-625 W Monroe Street in West Loop Gate have officially been placed up for sale. Bound by S Desplaines Street to the west and S Jefferson Street to the east, the large lot was originally earmarked for a two-tower residential development split into subareas. With the plans being approved by the city in 2021.
