Foundation work is done, and the concrete core has started to rise, for the new affordable housing development at 835 West Addison Street in Lake View. Lakeview Landing is going to be a six-story, 37-unit building located just two blocks from Wrigley Field and the Addison Red Line platform.
Construction progress at Lakeview Landing. August 16, 2024. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
From the alley on the west boundary of the lot. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
All 37 units here will be set aside as affordable, and all will be one-bedroom floor plans with about 575 square feet of living space. The building takes the place of Lake View Lutheran Church, which was demolished in the spring. The church will use the first floor of the new building for services. The ground level is also where 12 parking spaces will be included, with access from the alley that connects Addison Street and Cornelia Avenue. Weese Langley Weese designed the project, with Powers & Sons Construction tasked with erecting it.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
The nearest Wrigley Field entrance to Lakeview Landing is Gate D, located just outside the right field bleachers at Addison and Sheffield, and just past the Red Line platform. Gate F, below the famous Cubs marquee behind home plate, is at Clark and Addison. For those not heading to a ballgame, service for CTA Routes 8, 22, and 152 buses are within a short walk.
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While density is nice, DAYUM this thing got a design that only a mother can love
It gives Holiday Inn Express vibes for sure.
Does affordable housing come with property tax breaks to the owner (assuming this is a rental building)? If yes, will the rest of the neighborhood will be subsidizing their taxes based on market rates? Is this also a blending of public/religious resources? If the land was owned by the Church, is the Church still the owner? What is taxation of the portion maintained by the Church, if any? Don’t know answers, just curious.
OTR Housing is an Illinois non-profit organization dedicated to providing independent living solutions for individuals with physical disabilities. The church no longer owns the property, it is leasing space in the building from OTR. In return for giving the property to OTR at no charge, the church has a long-term lease and rent that reflects the value of the land donated to OTR.
https://www.otrhousing.org/
What are the income levels. Is this a subsidized building? HUD? If there are services how will the parking be addressed. These are issues that will effect our property values.
“This development will serve residents at or below 30% of the area’s median income with accessibility needs” per 44th Ward office. As far as parking goes, it looks like parishioners will have to find a place to park if they choose to drive to church.
Sad that we continually make these whimsical (often cheap) designs for affordable housing to seemingly delineate them from the rest of the neighborhood. This is an egregious example but it happens all the time in this city and it feels like micro-segregation. Lower income people deserve not to be clocked as “poor” by walking in/out of their building, especially if it’s brand new
Maybe speaking for far too many, but I am pretty sure the people that would be served by this building would like the peace of mind of not being homeless/rent-burdened than living in a pretty building.
I agree the structure is fugly, but the entitlement of generous handouts seems quite ridiculous. They COULD have built nothing and now we have a net sum of zero. That kind of thinking is why the Bay Area is real estate hell on Earth.
Not knowing your background or what you do, to have the ability to use the internet and add to a development specific website, check your privilege. Not every structure will be a show stopper.
There are plenty of ugly market rate buildings and very expensive affordable projects. I don’t think it’s obvious what the use is. There’s nothing wrong with value engineering if it produces more housing.
I lived next door to this church for several years, and I can attest that the building was shockingly underutilized. Transforming the property to multi-use in a way that serves the community seems like a smart win for all. I’d certainly rather see folks housed than another empty and decaying church.
As someone who lives a block and a half east of this, I commend the Lakeview Lutheran Church for its mission to serve those among us who need a lift, and a clean, affordable, humane and safe place to live. It is clearly not the ugliest building in the neighbor. There have been, and will continue to be, teardowns in East Lakeview which remove the historic fabric of our community and replace it with boring, ugly and unimaginative boxes that replace beauty and visual interest with entitled privilege and bring a big yawn to the face. See: the architectural crap that was just approved to go up on the east side of Sheffield in place of beautiful vernacular Chicago three flats.