79th Street area (west)

79th Street area (west) groups 20 nearby vacant lots and buildings in South Shore, along the Calumet Hts/Avalon corridor context. It is worth examining together because nearby vacant sites can sometimes be studied as one reuse opportunity — these are early possibilities from public records, not availability listings.

Streets in this area: Stony Island Ave East, 79th Street, Ridgeland Avenue, Cornell Avenue.

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Parcels in the group

20

Combined approximate area

Not recorded

Land / building mix

10 vacant land · 10 vacant buildings

Zoning (most common)

B3-2 — Neighborhood/community shopping and mixed-use; verify project-specific eligibility.

• • 20 of 20 mapped sites intersect an incentive geography
• • Near the Calumet Hts/Avalon corridor

• ›Storefront or mixed-use infill could support further exploration.

• •10 of 20 sites are not yet classified by ownership type
• •Mixed ownership types across the group
• •Some sites carry tax-sale or violation history — verify current status
• •Zoning is not recorded for 10 mapped sites — confirm allowable uses

1. 01Corridor partner: Confirm present site conditions and community priorities.
2. 02Project team: Review official parcel and deed records for each site.
3. 03Development partner: Test zoning and financial feasibility.

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