The project has the support of neighborhood groups and Ramirez-Rosa.Īnother local project that has won support from neighbors could take a step forward this week. Pallman plans to fill the lounge with vintage finds and “weird oddities” and put them up for sale. In addition to selling coffee and beer on tap, Consignment Lounge will function as a vintage shop. Vintage collector Mark Pallman needs a special use permit so he can sell beer at his coffee bar Consignment Lounge, which would be on the ground floor of the Charles Bradley mural building at 3520 W. The city’s zoning board also will decide whether to approve a coffee bar and vintage store on the Logan Square-Avondale border, Ramirez-Rosa said. It was the first time the zoning board has denied a special use permit to a recreational pot shop since they were legalized in January. The proposal faced fierce opposition from a group of neighbors, nearby business owners and three area aldermen. PharmaCann is on its way to opening a Logan Square dispensary about six months after the zoning board rejected its proposal to open a pot shop in the Gold Coast. Scott Waguespack (32nd) supports the project, chief of staff Paul Sajovec said in an email the alderman “approved the zoning change they needed in order to apply.” Jeremy Unruh, director of public and regulatory affairs at PharmaCann, didn’t respond to requests for comment Monday.Īsked if Ald. The Logan Square pot shop would be the 15th in Chicago. Should PharmaCann receive necessary approval from the zoning board this week, the company will need to obtain a state license and finish the buildout before it can open the dispensary. The building was being considered as the Double Door’s new home, but that plan fell through after neighbors rejected it. PharmaCann’s proposal has largely drawn a warm reception from Logan Square neighbors, with some saying it’s preferable to a bar or a music venue. Modern Cannabis, or MOCA, is down the street. PharmaCann would be the neighborhood’s second dispensary along Milwaukee Avenue. It runs dispensaries in suburban Arlington Heights, Ottawa, Aurora and Romeoville. for its first dispensary in the city and its fifth in Illinois. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), whose ward includes the two sites.Ĭhicago-based cannabis company PharmaCann is looking to take over the bank building at 2551 N. Proposals to open a coffee bar/vintage store on Diversey Avenue and build a CTA substation in Avondale are also on the agenda, said Ald. It’s one of a few Logan Square and Avondale projects being reviewed at the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Friday. LOGAN SQUARE - A plan to open a cannabis dispensary in the the old Logan Square State and Savings Bank building could move forward, with a key city panel set to weigh in on the proposal this week.
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