25-story mixed-use tower coming to Near West Side, on Jackson Blvd. 380 homes, retail, 163 parking spaces, and room for 380 bikes. $980K permit filed. www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10105...
25-story mixed-use tower coming to Near West Side, on Jackson Blvd. 380 homes, retail, 163 parking spaces, and room for 380 bikes. $980K permit filed. www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10105...
Six new homes coming to a vacant lot on Hamlin Ave in Humboldt Park. $1.2M masonry building with basement, garages, and private decks. https://buff.ly/ZjxQo1t
8 new homes coming to West Town. Former religious building converting to residential with a 3-story rear addition, parking, and bike spaces. $1.05M project on N Talman Ave. https://buff.ly/jYNtyLr
A West Town mixed-use building will be converted to 7 homes (ground floor retail space will remain). www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10105...
A new 3-flat was permitted to be built on this vacant lot near the Stony Island MED station www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10107...
I looked at all of the Chicago community areas to see how much their small-scale new home construction has sped up, comparing new-construction permits issued in 2024-2025 against 2021-2023. I counted buildings with one to six units — single-family homes, two-flats, three-flats, and small six-flats, the housing types that built much of the city and that Chicago spent decades barely permitting. North Lawndale stands out, and the sharpest acceleration is in the "missing middle" of two- to six-unit buildings, where its permitting pace has more than quadrupled.
New-construction permits for 1-to-6 unit buildings in North Lawndale, 2021-2026, symbolized by dwelling…