Zoning variances have been approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals for the mixed-use development at 4006 N Sheridan Road in Buena Park. Located on the intersection with W Irving Park Road, most recently we covered the proposal last June when its developer Catapult Real Estate Solutions revealed the current design.
Rendering of 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
Controversially, the project would be replacing a one-story commercial building home to the beloved bar Holiday Club, It would also be demolishing the fully leased multi-unit building behind it. The new building is being designed by Built Form LLC and would rise seven stories and 86-feet in height.
Rendering of 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
Rendering of 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
Its ground floor would occupy the entirety of the site and contain a 38-vehicle parking garage accessed from the alley, a lobby along Sheridan, and just over 2,000 square-feet of retail on the corner. It is unknown if Holiday Club will return. Above this will be the U-shaped residential low-rise surrounding a small shared outdoor deck.
Plans for 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
The deck on the second floor would be connected to a fitness room and co-working space, all to be used by the 91 units within the building. These will be made up of 11 studios, 46 one-bed, and 34 two-bed layouts ranging from 500 to 1,000 square-feet in size. Rents will also range from $1,700 to $2,500 per month, it is unknown how many units will be affordable.
Rendering of 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
Rendering of 4006 N Sheridan Road by Built Form LLC
Residents will also have access to a small lounge on the top floor with a small terrace facing the city. The building itself will be clad in a mix of metal panels, prefabricated panels, and some brick. Construction on the building is expected to begin once all of the current leases are up sometime in 2026.
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All 3 other corners of this intersection would be better 🙁
All 4 corners of this intersection are good targets for putting lots of housing right next to a Red Line stop
not a looker but good density for the area
Losing the Holiday Club is blow to that neighborhood. In its place, we’ll get an building with a design that is unimaginative at worst and functional at best. Every time we lose another well known restaurant or nightclub, we lose one more piece of what made Chicago great in the first place.
Ah yes, we can all remember when millions of immigrants flocked to Chicago to take advantage of our killer nightclub scene.
The building is not what made the restaurant, the people inside made the restaurant. The people inside will go on to make bigger and better things, but they can only do that if there’s enough housing to hold both themselves and their customers.
You speak the truth, brother.
The developers are allegedly working with the Holiday Club to bring them back in the retail space on the ground floor. Fingers crossed they’re able to make that happen!
I’m confused a bit by the layout of this building because none of your renderings have street names on them. Also, I was wondering if you could allow to zoom in on your floor plans when you post them, and they are impossible to see because they are so small.
It seems to me that an art deco one story building is going to bite the dust for this project, which is a shame. But I’m confused about how we’re losing the Holiday Club as the building that holds it is across the street from this project.
The first photo rendering shows the northwest corner of Sheridan and Irving Park, as if you were standing in the Walgreen’s parking lot. The second photo looks west across Sheridan at the east elevation of the new building. The long facades you see in the third photo and the final photo are the Irving Park Road frontage.
Ok, got it. I was thinking that the grass lot across the street is where this is being built.
So instead of that, that entire historic apartment building that holds the Holiday Club is needlessly being demolished for this. I don’t see anything here to celebrate
Bye-bye local character. Hello banal could-be-anywhere BS.
One story buildings, unfortunately, don’t always have long term sustainability and placement in more dense, urban settings. The best option is to incorporate or preserve the terra cotta detail like the “eagle” building at Sheridan/Broadway. Otherwise, the shell of the building is quite unremarkable.
Ultimately, this building likely replaced something else 100 years ago, and this is the evolution of a city. To give further perspective, people will be protecting this new build in a 100 years time – into the future as well. Architectural evolution is a part of, and the story of our great cities!
This project is not about “density.” It’s about capitalism. The existing building is fully leased with a highly successful long-term commerical tenant in one of the most densly populated neighborhoods in Chicago. The new owner can make more money from a larger building with new construction rents. If you’re serious about density, find an empty lot or an underutilized structure.
The great thing about markets is that, in the act of trying to get as much money as possible, these developers are also housing 91 people in a transit-rich neighborhood.
So what if the developers made money? Good for them! Denser housing close to a city center is a social benefit for the entire city.
My comment is about the unimaginative design. I’ve seen so many new apartment projects that look so much like this. I wonder if we’ll be thinking of them as the next generation of Four plus ones in a few years time.
The density and location to mass transit are great, but tearing down an intact series of 100 year old + buildings is a travesty. The new design offers nothing, it might as well be in Phoenix. It is offensively bland. There is a vacant lot across the street, a bland Walgreens on another corner, and a vast surface lot nearby too, yet the developers have chosen to demolish the only structure on that corner that contains part of Chicago’s architectural history. The city needs to change its priorities, surface and vacant lots should be developed first before we tear down beautiful buildings for developer garbage.