Plans have been revealed and approved for a new mixed-use development at 4725 North Clifton Avenue in Uptown. Located at the intersection with North Broadway, the structure will replace part of a large parking lot just north of the historic Uptown Broadway Building. The project is being led by CEDARst Companies, which is best known for its Flats developments.
Site maps for 4725 N Clifton Ave by Hirsch MPG
The five-story structure is being designed by local firm Hirsch MPG and will be developed within the existing zoning for the site. As a result, it required approval only from the Plan Review Committee, which greenlit the project last week. This approval allows for a handful of variations, including the removal of any setbacks.
Site plan for 4725 N Clifton Ave by Hirsch MPG
Elevation for 4725 N Clifton Ave by Hirsch MPG
The ground floor will feature a large retail space on the southern half of the building, closer to Broadway, while the northern half will contain a small residential lobby and a loading dock area. This is necessary because the site does not have access to a rear alley due to its location along the CTA Red Line embankment. The floors above will contain 40 residential units, though floor plans have not been disclosed.
Rendering for 4725 N Clifton Ave by Hirsch MPG
The building will be clad primarily in red brick, incorporating zig-zag, projecting, and fluted brickwork to break up the façade with a large grid element. With approvals in hand, the development team can proceed with construction and has already applied for permits. However, no construction timeline has been announced at this time.
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Nice infill. A much needed boost to this area of town. Hopefully, some good retail will move in and increase foot traffic
Excited to see the brickwork
Amazing infill project and architects creating great architecture. I too want to see this brickwork. More of this in Chicago, please.
Wow I saw the picture and headline and knew right away this belonged to beloved Broadway, I don’t love the color but what a great way to compliment this stretch of our city with some classic Chicago architecture.
Nice design and great location right by the Lawrence station
This is exactly the sort of project that the city needs!
The design is absolutely perfect for the spot, and is just the right amount of interesting and contextual and should both fit in and improve the look of the area.
We need more projects like this!
See what architects can do when you don’t force them to “break down the massing” and use a ton of materials?
Nice, well-detailed, brick boxes that work well for housing.
Does Chicago have that requirement? I know it plagues CA cities.
I think it’s mostly a problem associated with the community meeting process. The kind of bored, retired people who show up to community input meetings know a couple things about how to complain. And one of them is “you really need to break up the massing, you filthy greedy developer.” They love it because it sounds very sophisticated, like something a person with a master’s in city planning would say.
I think Berkeley, CA has it the worst. It can easily be a YIMBY wonderland with the upzoning and new laws they have, but they deliver the ugliest of midrises. Just… carry the same facade across. They have been doing so since the Ancient Greeks.
Imagine if the Parthenon had the massing ‘broken up’.
It’s what’s possible when developers search further than Hanna architects. Imagine the balconies this would have stripping away the facade.
I always wondered about that ugly parking lot. What a fantastic project, next to two historic buildings, surrounded by some amazing restaurants, so close to the train, and featuring some classic Chicago brick.
Design is good, needs something like a cornice though. I believe it should also be a floor or two taller but im just happy to see this lot filled.
It should be 10-15 stories taller. There’s a 100 year old building next door that’s more ambitious.
My only complaint is that this doesn’t infill the neighboring parking lot all the way to Lawrence Avenue. The Red Line Station just reopene, so the area should be ripe for residential & transit oriented development
Infill and a decent design? Thank you!!
and transit oriented!
Love this infill. Hope to see something complimentary (and taller) fill in the rest of the parking lot.
Lots to like here. Uptown’s historical prominence as an entertainment district with three big theaters (Aragon, Riviera, and renovation-in-waiting Uptown), along with the Green Mill, etc., has historically created a demand for paid parking there that doesn’t exist elsewhere in Chicago outside of the Loop/CBD. I’m all for this project and future infill on these lots but it’ll be interesting to see what happens on concert/event nights when they’re gone (especially if the Uptown ever re-opens). Sure, the Red Line is right there but those venues draw from all over the city and suburbs…lots of places where taking the L there would be extremely inconvenient (and understandably, taking the Red Line home at 11 or midnight isn’t the most appealing prospect to many as the situation on the Red Line is sketchy even during daylight hours… nothing I’ve experienced on the NYC subway compares).