A surface parking adjacent to the landmarked Yondorf Hall in Lincoln Park will soon give way to a new residential development next to the passing Brown Line tracks at North Avenue and Halsted Street. Base 3 is the developer of 750 West North Avenue, a five-story, 48-unit building permitted for construction by the City of Chicago on Monday, September 22. The permit cites a reported cost of an even $8 million.
Rendering of 750 West North Avenue by Red Architects
Floor plan drawings by Red Architects
Yondorf Hall, at left, sits next to the soon-to-be-vanquished surface parking lot. Photo by Daniel Schell
Red Architects worked on the design for 750 West North, and Base 3 will be their own general contractor. The permit calls for a shared rooftop deck with a 15-space parking garage and one retail space fronting North Avenue on the ground level. There will also be storage for 50 bicycles.
The building will feature a curved east façade that follows the shape of the overhead Brown Line tracks. Renderings show a red-brick finish with stone accents and recessed windows. Parking will be accessed from the alley off Halsted Street on the north side of the structure, with a walk-in entrance located on the west side of the structure next to the residential entry.
Interior renderings via Base 3
Interior renderings via Base 3
Interior renderings via Base 3
Interior renderings via Base 3
Site prep was observed during a Brown Line fly-by last week, with the asphalt parking lot torn out, giving the indication that work will begin posthaste now that the permit has come through. 750 West North already has its own website.
Site context, via Google Maps
Site prep, September 2025. Photo by Daniel Schell
The subject parking lot, January 2025. Photo by Daniel Schell
A Brown Line train wraps itself around the subject parcel, December 2024. Photo by Daniel Schell
750 West North Avenue shares the North Avenue/Halsted Street intersection with stops for Route 8 and Route 72 buses. Not even a block away lies the North/Clybourn Red Line subway station.
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Going to be tough to rent these with the EL practically in the apartments .
Train is quite slow along these segments. Soundproofing is also really good now, especially because most people in these kinds of buildings don’t really open their windows.
It’s only two trains a day. Problem is, they both go by about 100 times.
The 1,000s of other apartments and houses in the city that are just as close to the CTA tracks do just fine.
Every time a parking lot in the middle of a huge city is torn out, a kitten is born.
I have been waiting for this ever since I was a little kid & first asked my parents “why is there a parking lot next to the Brown Line tracks a block from a Red Line station?”
Love to see a parking lot that is feet away from a major Red Line and bus intersection get built on with more housing!
How often does the train go by?
So often you won’t even notice it.
I like the project but I had hoped the CTA would have taken those parking lots as an opportunity to smooth out the S-curve and speed up the trains in that area.
Excellent! One of the better designs I have seen as well.