Location
4227 S. St. Lawrence, Chicago, IL 60653 Map
Owner
Om Development, LLC

Architect
Echo Studio

4227 S. St. Lawrence  is a just-completed home from a new entry on Chicago’s green development scene, Om Development. The project is a gut rehab of an 1890’s Bronzeville multifamily back into a single-family home. There’s not a lot of green bling here, just solid energy-efficiency [...]

Location
3905 N. Janssen, Chicago, IL 60613 Map
There’s no architect on this project, as it’s an un-project: Chicago’s first residential deconstruction, currently underway on a 2-story home at 3905 N. Janssen. Deconstruction is the process of carefully dismantling a building in order to salvage components for reuse, as opposed to demolition, where buildings are smashed with [...]

Location
1310-1316 S. Spaulding, Chicago, IL 60623 Map
1424-1428 S. Trumbull, Chicago, IL 60623  Map
Owner
Spaulding Trumbull, LP
Architect
Harley Ellis Devereaux
Spaulding and Trumbull family apartments are a pair of former CHA buildings being renovated to reduce the number of units (to 14 for Spaulding, 11 for Trumbull), modernize the buildings, and dress up their appearance. When complete, they will be [...]

Location
900 S. Clark, Chicago, IL 60605  Map
Owner
AMLI Residential
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
900 S. Clark is a 24-story, 440 unit apartment tower currently under construction just north of the Target along Roosevelt Road. This is the first high-rise apartment building (instead of condos) to seek LEED® certification in Chicago. It is also AMLI’s first project of any sort [...]

Location
115 W. Chicago, Chicago, IL 60654  Map
Owner
Access Living
Architect
LCM Architects
Access Living has moved into their new 4-story, 50,000 sf headquarters housing open plan and private offices and meeting rooms. As a non-profit providing support and services to the disabled, it’s to be expected that their headquarters is a model of universal design. That the project is [...]

Location
2654 W. North, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Owner
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Architect
Weese Langley Weese
2654 W. North is the first phase of a two-building development with a renovation and new construction component. This phase is a renovation of an existing 4-story loft building into a 24-unit apartment building for families. I believe this is Hispanic Housing’s first project billed [...]