Construction progress has reached the fourth story on the residential development at 1880 North Milwaukee Avenue in the Bucktown neighborhood. The Zoning Board of Appeals approved the project in January 2024, with Macon Construction Group breaking ground in October of last year.
Looking south from across Milwaukee Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Peerless Development of Elmhurst, IL is building a five-story, 44-unit residential project designed by SPACE Architects + Planners. There will be studio units, plus one-bedroom and two-bedroom layouts of the four upper floors. At street level, a 22-space parking garage will be accessed from the alley, while 3,500 square feet of retail space will be included along Milwaukee Avenue. Bicycle storage and a small residential lobby will fill out the first floor.
1880 North Milwaukee Avenue by SPACE Architects + Planners
From the alley under the Blue Line tracks. The Western platform is at the north end of this alley. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Renderings show inset balconies above Milwaukee Avenue, with large windows along the façade for maximum natural light. Caissons were permitted by the city in September 2024, with the full permit following on November 5, 2024. These are expected to be rental apartments, with occupancy expected in 2026.
Foundation work, February 2025. “Delight,” a 2020 mural by artist Key Detail, is now obscured. Photo by Daniel Schell
Steel and block, July 2025. Photo by Daniel Schell
Site context, via Google Maps
Nearby transit options, via Google Maps
Residents of 1880 North Milwaukee will be one block from the Western Blue Line elevated platform, while also having access to the Route 56 Milwaukee bus right outside their door. Route 49 and X49 buses are available at the Blue Line entrance, and a two-block walk north leads to stops for Route 73 buses at Armitage Avenue.
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They’re really taking their sweet time with this one. The Mike’s Furniture multi-lot redevelopment on Ashland feels like went up in half the time.
This is a nice project. It has been cool to see this stretch of Milwaukee Ave fill in with greater density.
I am curious, on Google Maps it looks like a building is under construction across the street from this one, 1889 N Milwaukee Ave? Will this also be a five-story?
1889 is a three-story, six-unit building. Permitted in 2023, but took awhile to get started.
Thank you for this info! I wish they had gone a little higher with that one, but it’s still a nice infill project.
Amazing how dead Milwaukee Ave is between Western and California.
I’m pretty sure the stalled Congress theatre renovation/redevelopment is to blame. Once (or if) that gets completed, I think there will be some movement on development. The massive lot the vacant CVS is on is a huge hole as well.