Notable building permits in Chicago

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52 new homes are coming to Near West Side. $5.8M conversion of a former school at 2401 W Congress Pkwy. https://buff.ly/O9Mt2fp

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$4.3M renovation coming to 10-story mixed-use building at 819 S State St in South Loop – a new fitness center will replace the former LA Fitness (and XSport before that). www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10107...

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a 7-story, 73-home building coming Lincoln Square. $15.6M project adds retail & parking. www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10106... #ChicagoDevelopment

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91 new homes coming to Uptown. A $23M mixed-use tower at Sheridan hits 7 stories with 38 parking spaces and ground-floor retail. www.chicagocityscape.com/permit/10107...

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Bally's Casino got another permit, this time for a café https://buff.ly/XGU3gvB

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From the blog: This week's pick: a long-held vacant lot near Chinatown

Google Street View of the now-vacant lot in Armour Square, just north of Chinatown, seen from 26th Street. The Midwest Asian Health Association building is on the left and cars are parked along the curb in front of the open parcel.

Every week, Chicago Cityscape automatically surfaces its Picks of the Week — the ten highest-scoring developable properties across Chicago that haven't previously been featured. Our Picks feature looks at the ingredients that make a property a good opportunity: is it vacant, how many homes the extant zoning allows, whether it's near transit, and its proximity to amenities like grocery stores. Picks also looks at surrounding area to see what other developments are proposed or under construction nearby. Properties that stack up several of those signals rise to the top.

This week, one of those picks is a vacant lot in…

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