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A pair of local developers wants to build more than 90 luxury apartments in Lake View, reviving a building that’s sat vacant since the departure of a longtime family business.

The site is the former Torstenson Glass facility, 3233 N. Sheffield Ave. The glass company left the building in late 2024, after more than 100 years at the location, for suburban Morton Grove.

North Park Ventures and SNS Realty Group, which are both based in Chicago, announced their redevelopment plans Aug. 1. Neither firm responded to a request for interview.

The site spans from 3233 to 3247 N. Sheffield Ave. and would need to be rezoned to make way for the apartments. The building would abut the L track

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