Plans are moving forward for The Phoenix at 3611 North Halsted Street, as the development team has submitted a zoning application for the mid-rise project. Located just north of the intersection with West Addison Street in Lake View East, the proposal received alderwoman approval last November and joins other similar projects nearby, such as 925 West Belmont.
Site context map of 3611 N Halsted St via Google Maps
Rendering of 3611 N Halsted St by Studio Dwell
Efforts for The Phoenix are being led by the land’s owner, David Gassman, with Studio Dwell Architects handling the design. The 12-story building will be clad primarily in red brick with cast-stone accents and will feature inset balconies, protruding brick details, and an arched entryway that recalls many early Chicago developments.
Floor plans of 3611 N Halsted St by Studio Dwell
A one-story, site-wide podium will house the residential lobby, a bi-level parking garage with 77 vehicle spaces, and a small 900-square-foot commercial space intended for a café. The podium will also include a small patio occupying part of a soon-to-be-vacated alley. Above, the building will contain 188 residential units, of which 38 will be designated as affordable housing.
Rendering of 3611 N Halsted St by Studio Dwell
Elevations of 3611 N Halsted St by Studio Dwell
The unit mix will consist of 96 studios, 56 one-bedroom units, and 36 two-bedroom units. Additional amenities will include a fitness room, a rooftop amenity space, and a large outdoor deck offering city views. The project is expected to cost $65 million and will require city approval in the coming months. Groundbreaking is anticipated in 2026, with completion targeted for 2027.
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More of this please!
I was going to make a joke about the historic parking lot this replaces or the traffic concerns related to less parking than toilets, but this is just genuinely too good a dev to joke about. I love it and now let’s copy paste
It’s sad. They don’t make pavement like that anymore, and now we’ll never have it back. That parking lot could have easily been converted into a skate park or a food truck fest, or it could have been moved so other cars could enjoy it.
Yet another building that is predominately studios and no units that would be reasonable for any families other than those with toddlers. Instead, constant turnover. This is just more ways to ensure families move to the burbs. Yawn.
J, families don’t move to the burbs because of a lack of rental options (spoiler: it’s the schools). If rentals were the problem, the market would bend over backwards to build more units with fewer doors per building, fewer utility hookups, fewer parking space requirements, and longer leases.
The idea that a child needs it a room of its own is a modern invention. Your ancestors grew up with the entire family living in one cave/teepee/yurt and did they perish? In the 1950s my mother and her 2 sisters all slept in one bed until they each moved out and went to college.
Any dwelling with a private toilet/shower plus electricity, heat and water is a paradise to live in, compared to the circumstances of the 2 or 3 bottom billion people on this planet (most of whom have children). Let’s build a lot more of these units; nice and small, so more people can have housing.
this is so delicious, 1000 more of these please
J, families don’t move to the burbs because of a lack of rental options (spoiler: it’s the schools). If rentals were the problem, the market would bend over backwards to build more units with fewer doors per building, fewer utility hookups, fewer parking space requirements, and longer leases.