It was just over a year ago that we noticed that the Burger King on Irving Park near Clark had closed, and today there's a nearly completed residential building under construction on the site!
Demo started early this year, and construction commended shortly after that. Seems like things rarely, occasionally, can move quickly in Chicago.
The new building will be comprised of 31 three- and four-bedroom units, all rentals. There will be no affordable units on site, since it was built "as of right" and no zoning change was requested. According to Yimby, several variances were granted by the 46th Ward alderwoman's office.
There will be no ground-floor retail. Each unit will have a balcony, and there will be a rooftop deck.
There will be a single-story parking garage on the site as well, for 31 cars (since this is in a TOD district, the requirement for parking spaces was zero. It was the developer's decision to add parking.) The parking garage will have a pergola and two rooftop decks.
We'll keep an eye on the development and post again when we have more information.
I think it's interesting that these newer buildings have 3 and 4 bedrooms. I thought that having large families was passe' that there's a population decline because women aren't having babies. Are these apartments for roommates?
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DeleteFixed that comment for you. Personally, if I could afford a 3-bedroom unit, I would use one room as an office and another room as a guest bedroom.
Less people are having kids because it’s too darn expensive to do. The lack of family sized units like these is part of what keeps it so expensive.
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