Plans have been revealed for a new mixed-use hotel tower at 6402 S Stony Island Avenue in Woodlawn. Located on the corner with E 64th Street, the proposal would replace a long-term vacant lot just a block south of the upcoming Obama Center. Efforts for the development are being led by Aquinnah Investment Trust with architecture firm Stantec working on the design.
Rendering of 6402 S Stony Island Avenue by Stantec
Over the last few years the Woodlawn area has been developing a small skyline for itself, including two new hotels within Hyde Park. Now, with well over half a million visitors expected per year once the Obama Center opens in 2026, added rooms will go at a premium, with Aquinnah buying the 5,000 square-foot lot for $87,500 in 2021.
Rendering of 6402 S Stony Island Avenue by Stantec
Context elevation of 6402 S Stony Island Avenue by Stantec
The new hotel is expected to rise 28-stories and 336-feet in height, clad in an all glass curtain wall exterior. The tower will be anchored by a four-story tall podium with a ground floor lobby and potential commercial space. The upper levels will hold 118-parking spaces capped by a large amenity level that includes a pool and rooftop deck.
Floor plans of 6402 S Stony Island Avenue by Stantec
Elevations of 6402 S Stony Island Avenue by Stantec
The bulk of the tower will contain 250-hotel rooms along with some office space. Guests will have access to additional amenities and outdoor space on the 13th floor and on the top floor in the form of a rooftop.
The project has submitted a zoning application and started the formal approval process, needing clearance from the city prior to moving forward. At the moment no cost or formal timeline is known, as well as if financing has already been cleared.
Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail
Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates
Like YIMBY on Facebook
Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews
Very nice!
Is this the location where the Southmoor Hotel once stood a number of decades ago?
No. The Southmoor was another block south between 67th & 66th (Marquette Rd.).
There has never been a building that tall in Woodlawn!
Excellent
This has to be an April Fool’s joke. Chicago should invest this money in cleaning and maintaining vacant lots and developing single-family homes. It would be a cool concept to see the city implement this but I see no economic value in having a hotel of this magnitude off of Jackson Park.
Most development projects are privately funded. The City doesn’t decide where a private developer decides to put their money. If the hotel thinks it can be profitable, who are we to say otherwise?
Are you joking with the developing single family homes and maintaining vacant lots?? How about thinking proactively and developing 4 story and higher in our vacant lots. 6 stories should be the shortest for TOD areas. I’m all for balance but we don’t need to prioritize single family homes currently. We need condos and apartments.
With the Obama Library soon to finish this decade and other investments coming along, it’s great to see other projects come onboard. A hotel of this scale wasn’t expected but will pair nicely with tourist destinations and the university.
I hope the surrounding communities embrace this development instead of cry fowl with impending gentrification. There are already residents up in arms at the new quantum computer campus.
Fears of affordability are very real and seeing the limited supply strain in the Northside, we can’t be careless. I just hope the communities welcome these investments and see the impacts will open new job growth in all sectors.
Impending tariffs, unfortunately, aren’t going to help the construction of new affordable housing. Stuff is already inflated and it’s not like the city is being efficient with its own affordable stuff. Case studies across the country are using Chicago for what not to do. And we definitely missed our chance to flood the market-rate supply when Austin and Minneapolis went all out.
Chicago needs MORE with all its budget woes. Just hope the Southside doesn’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
Could you point me in the direction of some of the case studies you’re referring to?
Interesting …The structure looks out of context with the neighborhood in both scale and design. Did you see how little the developer paid for the site? Also, I’m not sure this is going to impact anything regarding change that is beneficial to this community besides supporting the tax base (important). Someone must be aware of pending development on other adjacent sites. You don’t plop a building (hotel) down of this scale in a community and figure “if you build it, they will come” Something else is going on here besides the OPC.
Yeah, the “Woodlawn Central” project spearheaded by Rev. Brazier! I think they’ve rebranded it to “Woodlawn 2060.”