Location
1600 N. Talman, Chicago, IL 60612 Map

Owner
Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
Architect
Weese Langley Weese
1600 N. Talman is the second phase of a two-building development with a renovation and new construction component. We reported on the first phase, rehab of an immediately adjacent existing building, back in April. While the first phase was family housing, this building consists of [...]

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
3018 W. Armitage, Chicago, IL 60647  Map
Developer
The Sanders Company
Architect
Swiss Design Group

Green Armitage is a new five-story residential building, with a first-floor commercial space and eight 1200-1300 sf residential units above. The project has been under the eye of Chicago green building fans for a while, but appears to be finally off the ground (nearly literally). This [...]

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 [...]

Location
2138 S. Indiana, Chicago, IL 60616   Map
Owner
Chieftain Construction
Architect
VOA
Lexington Park is a South Loop high-rise condo development consisting of a 35-story, 297-unit tower and a seven-story, 36-unit “loft” building, connected by a podium including storefront retail space and a multilevel parking garage. It is Ireland-based developer Chieftain’s first project in the U.S., so it is of [...]

Location
2652 W. Walton, Chicago, IL 60622  Map
Owner
Grun Development
Architect
Kasia Hochberg
This is a series of three prototypical single-family homes at 2652, 2656, and 2658 W. Walton St. Each home is two stories with a basement, is approximately 4,000 sf, and is Energy Star rated. The project very much focuses on the fundamentals of energy conservation, while throwing [...]