Permits have been issued for the residential conversion of the lofts building at 230 E Ohio Street in Streeterville. Located just east of the intersection with N St. Clair Street, the project joins multiple across the city and in the area pivoting to residential after record high office vacancy levels. The conversion is being led by Horizon Realty Group.
Site context plan of 230 E Ohio Street via Google Maps
Rising seven stories tall, the dark brown brick clad structure was built in 1917 and designed by Alfred Alschuler who worked on other Chicago icons like London House, Mercantile Exchange, and K.A.M Temple. Originally built to manufacture scales, like many others it saw a second life as offices and storage, but is now mostly vacant.
Plans call for the conversion of the upper floors into 72-residential units, with local firm NORR serving as the design architects. The units will be made up of studios, one-, and two-bedroom apartments. As the project does not require a zoning change, no affordable units are required.
View of 230 E Ohio Street via Google Maps
Along with facade repairs as needed, the project calls for a new rooftop deck with pickleball courts, a dog walk, and more. Currently no proper timeline has been established, but HRG Realty Management LLC will serve as the general contractor. However, work should commence soon as most of the existing leases are set to expire soon.
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Great to see this charming building in a re-use scenario!
Perfect candidate for a conversion. Really excited that there’s no added parking too.
This is why all the hand wringing about lack of sky scrapers being built relative to other much smaller cities is ridiculous. We have so many skyscrapers and other buildings available for re use and conversion that these other cities dont have. We need to keep adding more housing, but we are doing so in other ways other than just throw up another skyscraper.
Really like this take, and I hope the city continues with this. It’s also promising to see so many of these conversions taking place without city funding. I love the Lasalle Project, but it seems to be becoming more and more clear city money isn’t necessarily needed for these conversions to take place
One of my long time favorite restaurants, Dao, is on the first floor. Are they staying or vacating?
I sent them a message, and they responded that they are remaining open, business as usual.
Ian, any updates on the Century and Consumers buildings I heard the judges are still pushing to tear them down.