Cortez Street area

Cortez Street area groups 37 nearby vacant lots and buildings in Humboldt Park, along the Northwest 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: Cicero Avenue, Cortez Street, Augusta Boulevard, Division Street, Haddon Avenue.

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Parcels in the group

37

Combined approximate area

about 6,500 sq ft (size partly unknown)

Land / building mix

8 vacant land · 29 vacant buildings

Zoning (most common)

RS-3 — Residential (detached/townhouse/multi-unit); verify project-specific eligibility.

• • 37 of 37 mapped sites intersect an incentive geography
• • Near the Northwest corridor

• ›Storefront or mixed-use infill could support further exploration.
• ›Side-lot or community reuse could support further exploration.

• •29 of 37 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 29 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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