Excavation is underway for a five-story, ten-unit residential building at 2206 West Lawrence Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood. Piles of sand and soil have built up at the back of the construction site as Longford Construction gets set to begin the foundation.

A $2 million permit was issued here on June 30, but the site remained inactive until September. The subject parcel lies just west of the intersection with North Leavitt Street, between the newly-opened Sushi Loop restaurant to the east and the 2212 Lawrence condominiums to its west, and had long been vacant. Stoneberg + Gross Architects designed the new plans. A drawing on their website indicates inset balconies and a rooftop parapet and deck, with the residential entrance located at the front left corner of the building, facing Lawrence Avenue.

The permit calls for a three-car attached garage and five parking spaces under a carport for a total of eight spaces, all presumably accessed from the rear alley off Leavitt Street. The elevator building will be fully sprinklered. It is anticipated the units will be for-sale condos. Longford is both the developer and the general contractor. See further details at Chicago YIMBY!