Converting commercial space to residential space convertcommercialtoresidential
About this tag & topic
In most circumstances, a zoning change is required for building owners to convert commercial space (especially on the ground floor) to residential use. The items listed here may not be unique (for example, there may be two versions of renderings, or a zoning change and then a building permit for the same project).
This tag & topic page has 24 news & development items, 91 Chicago building permits, 25 Chicago zoning changes
News & Developments Gallery 24 items
Zoning Changes & Ordinances 25 items
- Zoning Reclassification Map No. 11-M at 6340 W Irving Park Rd - App No. 20523
Introduced on 10/7/2020
Passed on 12/16/2020 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 6-G at 3084 S Lock St - App No. 20518
Introduced on 10/7/2020
Passed on 12/16/2020 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 17-I at 2640-2644 W Pratt Blvd - App No. 20549
Introduced on 11/16/2020
Passed on 12/16/2020 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 17-I at 2411 W Fitch Ave and 7080-7106 N Western Ave - App No. 20520T1
Introduced on 10/7/2020
Passed on 12/16/2020 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 5-J at 3224 W North Ave - App No. 20524
Introduced on 10/7/2020
Passed on 12/16/2020 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 1-G at 952 W Lake St and 209 N Morgan St - App No. 20678T1
Introduced on 4/21/2021
Passed on 5/26/2021 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 11-G at 4533-4535 N Clark St - App No. 20735T1
Introduced on 5/26/2021
Passed on 6/25/2021 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 15-G at 1101-1109 W Granville Ave/6172 N Winthrop Ave - App No. 20780
Introduced on 7/21/2021
Passed on 9/14/2021 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 9-L at 5416-5424 W Belmont Ave - App No. 20823T1
Introduced on 9/14/2021
Passed on 10/14/2021 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-I at 820 N California Ave - App No. 20858
Introduced on 10/14/2021
Passed on 11/17/2021 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 4-G at 1925 S Racine Ave - App No. 20925
Introduced on 1/26/2022
Passed on 2/23/2022 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 11-I at 4200 N Sacramento Ave - App No. 21030
Introduced on 5/23/2022
Passed on 6/22/2022 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 6-I at 2538 S Troy St - App No. 21029
Introduced on 5/23/2022
Passed on 6/22/2022 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-F at 426-448 E Ontario St and 427-441 E Erie St - App No. 21044
Introduced on 6/22/2022
Passed on 4/19/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 6-J at 3801 W 26th St - App No. 21102
Introduced on 7/20/2022
Passed on 9/21/2022 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 9-G at 3829 N Southport Ave - App No. 21189
Introduced on 10/26/2022
Passed on 12/14/2022 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 7-M at 6101-6105 W Diversey Ave - App No. 22088T1
Introduced on 1/18/2023
Passed on 3/15/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 9-K at 3248-3256 N Pulaski Rd/4001-4011 W School St - App No. 22093T1
Introduced on 2/1/2023
Passed on 3/15/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 5-F at 2246 N Clark St - App No. 22230
Introduced on 7/19/2023
Passed on 9/14/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 5-I at 1626-1632 N California Ave - App No. 22263
Introduced on 9/14/2023
Passed on 9/14/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 10-I at 3000-3002 W 41st St - App No. 22278
Introduced on 10/4/2023
Passed on 2/21/2024 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 3-G at 1001 N Milwaukee Ave - App No. 22257
Introduced on 9/14/2023
Passed on 9/14/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 6-K at 4239 W Cermak Rd - App No. 22255
Introduced on 9/14/2023
Passed on 9/14/2023 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 15-G at 5920 N Ridge Ave - App No. 22468T1
Introduced on 5/22/2024
Passed on 7/17/2024 - Zoning Reclassification Map No. 5-H at 1934-1936 W North Ave - App No. 22416T1
Introduced on 4/17/2024
Building Permits 91 items
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- 2938 W Fullerton Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/23/2026
former Hollander storage building - 200 E Ohio St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/27/2026
Convert four floors of office space to 8 units - 613 W 16th St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/1/2025
Convert office/commercial buildingn to 9 dwelling units. - 230 E Ohio St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 9/26/2025
Convert office building to 72 apartments. - 65 E Wacker Pl - Renovation/alteration
issued on 9/11/2025
Convert floors 4-24 to 252 dwelling units. - 2915 W Belmont Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 9/4/2025
In a brand new building, convert ground floor retail to 2 dwelling units (for a total of 8). - 2915 W Belmont Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 9/4/2025
Convert ground floor commercial space to 2 dwelling units. - 1860 N Hoyne Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/18/2025
Convert the first floor retail space to 1 dwelling unit (total of 6 units after renovation) - 1017 W 16th St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/28/2025
Convert vacant commercial building to 3 dwelling units. - 2247 W Lawrence Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/28/2025
Convert retail space to 2 dwelling units. - 120 W Illinois St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/21/2025
Convert the 2nd through 7th floors to 36 dwelling units - 688 N Milwaukee Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/21/2025
Convert office to 22 residential apartments on the second and third floor of a three-story masonry building - 111 W Illinois St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/11/2025
Convert floors 5-10 to 103 dwelling units and 50 efficiency units - 1236 W Hubbard St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/4/2025
Convert ground floor commercial space to 3 dwelling units. - 118 S Clinton St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/20/2025
Convert office building to 74 dwelling units. - 837 N Milwaukee Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/12/2025
Convert first floor vacant commercial space into 4 dwelling units - 5920 N Ridge Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/7/2025
Convert first floor vacant commercial space into 17 dwelling units - 5912 N Nashotah Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/13/2025
Convert commercial space to 7 dwelling units. - 1220 W Jackson Blvd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/26/2025
Convert ground floor retail to 10 dwelling units. - 3036 N Lincoln Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/6/2025
Convert floors 2, 3, and 4 of a 4-story building to 16 dwelling units. - 2216 W Taylor St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/22/2025
Convert ground floor space to 2 dwelling units. - 956 N Winchester Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/30/2024
Convert 1 ground floor retail space to 2 dwelling units. - 1604 S Laflin St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/10/2024
Convert former iron foundry to 84 dwelling units. - 326 N Michigan Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/9/2024
Convert 2-story fitness center to 2 dwelling units. - 1600 S Jefferson St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/9/2024
Convert ground floor office to 1 dweling unit. - 5308 N Damen Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/6/2024
Convert ground floor retail space to 2 dwelling units. - 934 W Diversey Pkwy - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/6/2024
Convert ground floor commercial space to a business live/work unit. - 1113 S Racine Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/15/2024
Convert ground floor retail to 1 dwelling unit. - 3084 N Milwaukee Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/10/2024
Convert 2nd floor offices and 1 unit to 6 dwelling units. - 2100 S Pulaski Rd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/12/2024
Convert 1 commercial space to 1 unit. - 3248 N Pulaski Rd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/31/2024
Convert some ground floor commercial/retail space to 3 dwelling units (5 commercial spaces will remain) - 1626 N California Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/18/2024
Convert second floor office space into 2 dwelling units. - 2342 W Adams St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/15/2024
Convert 2 retail spaces to 2 units. - 1215 W Devon Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/2/2024
Convert second floor office space into 5 dwelling units. - 1343 N Western Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/30/2024
Add 1 unit for total of 4 units - 871 N Franklin St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/20/2024
Convert three-story warehouse building to 44 units after building two-story addition (total of five stories) - 37 S Ashland Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/15/2024
Convert office to 22 units. - 2445 N Lincoln Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/10/2024
Convert second and third floor offices to 4 units (permit also includes a fourth floor addition to add 1 unit) - 153 W Ohio St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 4/11/2024
Convert to 4 units for a total of 35 units (another permit converted 31 units). - 2909 N Milwaukee Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/25/2024
Convert second floor "mercantile" space to 4 dwelling units. - 3023 W Fifth Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/13/2024
Convert ground floor commercial space to 1 dwelling unit. - 2400 S Drake Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/7/2024
Convert a store and one dwelling unit into 3 dwelling units. - 3301 W Evergreen Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/5/2024
Convert former corner store into 2 units - 20 W Ontario St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/2/2024
Convert fourth floor office to 1 unit - 319 S Jefferson St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/25/2024
Convert 2nd floor office to 1 dwelling unit - 2450 W Chicago Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/3/2024
Convert retail space to 1 dwelling unit - 188 N Wells St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/3/2024
Convert offices on 2 floors to 12 dwelling units - 871 N Franklin St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/18/2023
Convert warehouse to residential. - 3801 S Spaulding Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/27/2023
Convert ground floor storefront into a dwelling unit (total of 2 units in the building). - 180 W Adams St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/17/2023
Convert 3 offices to 3 dwelling units (for a total of 39 units) - 2433 S Central Park Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/8/2023
Convert 1-story commercial building to 2 dweling units. - 1607 W Waveland Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/27/2023
Convert ground floor restaurant space into 2 duplex units (total of 8 units in the building). - 1359 W Barry Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 9/21/2023
Convert ground floor commercial space to 1 live/work unit. - 153 W Ohio St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/30/2023
Convert 5-story + 1 basement office building to 31 dwelling units and ground floor retail. - 320 N Michigan Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/14/2023
Convert second floor office space into two dwelling units (total of 119 dwelling units in the building). - 1423 S Kedzie Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/23/2023
Convert 2 ground floor business units to 2 dwelling units. - 1372 W Evergreen Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 4/28/2023
Convert ground floor commercial space to 1 dwelling unit (the building will have three dwelling units). - 2577 N Clark St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 4/10/2023
Convert second floor office space to 1 dwelling unit - 3552 W Armitage Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/24/2023
Convert upper floor office space into 1 dwelling unit. - 3332 W Irving Park Rd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/16/2023
Convert ground floor commercial space to 1 dwelling unit - 2607 W Lawrence Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/9/2023
Convert ground floor retail spaces to apartments (unknown number of units, but assuming 4) - 1209 N Milwaukee Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/6/2022
Convert 2 floors of vacant office to 2 dwelling units - 3210 W Lawrence Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/17/2022
Converting 2nd floor commercial space to 6 dweling units - 4725 N Western Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/5/2022
Convert second floor office space to 11 apartments. - 1925 S Racine Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/17/2022
Convert storefront to an apartment (new total of 5 apartments) - 1101 W Granville Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/8/2022
Convert retail spaces to 8 new studios. - 77 W Chestnut St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 8/2/2022
Convert existing commercial spaces on floors 2-3 to 4 dwelling units - 819 W Armitage Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/18/2022
Convert 2nd floor commercial space, and attic level, to 1 apartment - 819 W Armitage Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/18/2022
Convert upper floor commercial or reetail space to 1 dwelling unit. - 3714 W Belmont Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/30/2022
Convert two storefronts to 2 dwelling units - 5938 W Montrose Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/24/2022
Convert small upper floor office to 1 dwelling unit. - 2109 S Ashland Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/23/2022
Convert second floor of commercial building to 2 dwelling units. - 2258 W 21st St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/7/2022
Convert ground floor retail space to 1 dwelling unit. - 1427 N Sedgwick St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 5/3/2022
Convert ground floor retail space and basement to 1 dwelling unit that duplexes down. - 11 E Illinois St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/4/2022
Convert offices on floors 2-6 to 19 dwelling units. - 2368 N Elston Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/28/2022
Convert ground floor commercial space and basement to 2 dwelling units and basement. - 952 W Lake St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 1/10/2022
Conversion of 2nd-3rd floor office use to 9 multi-family apartment units + new workout room - 4533 N Clark St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/21/2021
Extend third story portion, convert building to 24 apartments (one commercial space will remain). - 2700 W Peterson Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 12/14/2021
Not a conversion, but a second-story addition to a one-story commercial building (then add 5 units). - 318 W Grand Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/29/2021
Convert commercial/office space on 3 floors to 12 dwelling units. - 4010 W North Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/29/2021
The second floor office/commercial space of this Humboldt Park building was permitted to be converted to 4 dwelling units. - 2640 W Pratt Blvd - Renovation/alteration
issued on 11/17/2021
Convert three first floor commercial units into 3 residential units (assumed 3, as the permit description is not very detailed) - 818 N Wolcott Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/22/2021
Convert former industrial building to 20 units - 1645 N Wells St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 10/1/2021
Convert retail space to 2 units - 22 N Morgan St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/20/2021
Convert 1 commercial space to 1 dwelling unit. - 2411 W Fitch Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 7/14/2021
Convert seven existing commercial units into 7 accessible dwelling units - 4201 W Division St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/25/2021
4201 W Division, convert five retail spaces to 4 apartments - 25 W Hubbard St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 3/12/2021
Convert existing office spaces at floors 2-5 to 14 dwelling units - 2435 S Leavitt St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/25/2021
Unknown number of apartments being created on the ground floor - 23 W Hubbard St - Renovation/alteration
issued on 2/23/2021
3 floors of office space being converted to 6 dwelling units - 9101 S Beverly Ave - Renovation/alteration
issued on 6/25/2020
Convert six retail units into 7 dwelling units
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