An aerial view of the area bounded by Clark St and the Chicago River, from Chicago Ave (800 N) north to Division St (1200 N) reveals a location with a large amount of vacant land and tremendous potential for development. Developer Steven Fifield has called the area, which is bordered by thriving River West, River North, Old Town and Near North Side, “the hole in the doughnut.”
Earlier this year the Chicago Housing Authority released its draft plan (pdf) for the sixty-five acre remnant of Cabrini-Green it owns in the neighborhood. The draft plan contemplates “a low to midrise residential community south of Division Street that maximizes family-centered living and provides housing options for all incomes.”
An overview of the developments that have been proposed or are underway in the neighborhood suggests that it’s poised for substantial transformation regardless of the timetable for redeveloping the CHA’s property. We’ve plotted the following projects on the aerial view, above, of the neighborhood:
A – New Chase Bank branch, 755 N Larrabee
B – 600 West, Groupon headquarters
C – Frances Cabrini row houses
D – 847 N Larrabee, 33 new apartments
E – 934 N Larrabee, 27 new apartments
F – 1018 N Larrabee, Noir, 9 new condos
G – 1168 N Halsted, 20,000 square feet of new retail
H – Division & Halsted, 192,000 square feet of new retail
I – New Target store
J – 625 W Division, 240 new apartments
K – 442 W Division, 82 new apartments
L – 459 W Division, 106 new apartments
M – Scott Residences, 71 new apartments
N – Clark & Division, 400 new apartments
O – Atrium Village site, up to 1,500 new apartments
P – 915 N Orleans, 227 new apartments
Q – 858 N Franklin, 23 new apartments
R – 863 N Orleans, 72 new apartments
S – Avant, 347 W Chestnut, 306 new apartments
T – 802-18 N Wells, development site
U – CTA Brown Line stop at Chicago Ave
V – New Jesse White Community Center
W – 873 N Sedgwick, 40 new condos
X – Basecamp River North, 47 sold-out new townhomes
You’ll find many more developments on our at-a-glance list of new downtown apartments.
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