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Originally Posted by marothisu
2 buildings of the upcoming 168 condo unit development by Chinese developers at 3170 S Archer got building permits issued yesterday. Both buildings are 4 stories with 24 units each and ground floor retail. In total, the development should have 7 total new buildings. The 1st building in the development was issued a permit back in April. Curious if anybody knows if that building has been built yet.
Overall, this entire site has been pretty industrial for a long time. I believe part of it was a scrap yard. It's not too far from the Ashland Orange Line stop. Fully expecting some new Chinese restaurants over there.
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The scrapyard was cleared out in mid 2019, but the buildings remain on the site, including those fronting Archer Avenue. For whatever reason, larger projects in Chinatown tend to move at a glacial pace, such as the 2 story retail building now finally wrapping up at Canal/Archer. I’m out of town through the week, but I’ve been meaning to get over there to photograph the existing buildings before they come down, I better hustle if another building permit was released.
Btw, the site has been a scrapyard for roughly a century. I’ve seen a circa 1930 areal photo of the neighborhood and the the same scrapyard was in it. There is also a 4 story 3 DU over retail building almost across the street filling in a vacant lot which is topped out as well.
Also, the units in this scrapyard project are super cheap, pre-construction pricing for 1 beds started at $180K. Probably very tight on square footage, but still very reasonable for new construction; but you know the entire city is in the midst of a ‘affordable housing CRISES’
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