Remember that story, about which I first wrote almost ten months ago here, and then a few months afterwards here? It was about a property at 6232 N Keating Ave in Sauganash that featured an enormous lot (60′ x 111′). A developer scooped it up, and tore down the existing house on it. He then (legally) took advantage of the RS-3 zoning that it was under at the time, subdivided it into two lots with the intention to build a brand-new single family home on each of the subdivided lots, and presumably, sell them for a profit. This is what the lot looked like, back in June of last year.

This is what the lot looks like today:

6232 N Keating has a new brother. Or sister, whichever way you want to look at it: 6234 N Keating. The neighbors in the 6200 and 6300 block of Keating were up in arms about the perceived change of the neighborhood’s character. Long story short, shortly thereafter, Ald. Laurino downzoned that whole section from RS-3 to RS-2, so loopholes would be plugged in the future. Meanwhile, the immediate neighbors of 6232 and 6234 N Keating are still bummed, and are expressing their collective anger via signs in their front yards:

Don’t worry folks, it’s highly unlikely that it’ll happen again, over there. Btw, I’m hearing from one of your neighbors on Keating that these two houses each have a price tag in the 790′s. That’s good for your home values, no? But then again, there are possible future property tax increases to consider that these two new kids on the block are likely to trigger. Let’s wait and see how this whole thing will play out in the end.

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