The Chicago City Council has approved plans for the residential development at 3746 to 3766 South Michigan Avenue in Bronzeville. Sitting just south of the intersection with East 37th Place, the multi-building project will replace a vacant lot in the quickly growing and changing neighborhood, just north of where a new hotel and museum were recently announced.
Rendering of 3766 S Michigan Ave by Hanna Architects
Efforts for the project are being led by Capricorn Design + Build LLC, with Hanna Architects working on the design. The development will be made up of four buildings across the 47,000-square-foot lot, which has sat vacant for two decades. Each building will rise four stories and around 52 feet in height, including a partially sunken garden level.
Sample plans of 3736-3766 S Michigan Ave by Hanna Architects
Ground floor plans of 3766 S Michigan Ave by Hanna Architects
The buildings will all have a similar design and internal layouts, with differentiations in brick color and parapet styles. Two of the buildings will contain 22 units and the other two will hold 23 units, for a total of 90 once completed. These will be made up of 19 one-bedroom and 71 two-bedroom layouts, of which 18 will be considered affordable.
Elevations of 3766 S Michigan Ave by Hanna Architects
Each of the buildings will also include 14 parking spaces across a small basement garage and along the rear alley. Additionally, each will have a shared rooftop deck. The project will cost $24 million in total and will be built in phases, with the first set to start construction this month once permits are approved. The first building will be completed in late 2027.
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Such a great development in just about every way. Beautiful designs, human-scale development, really decent density for not tall buildings, and a low amount of parking.
Meanwhile, the Cubs seem to not understand that it’s the walkable environment that people *walk to* instead of drive to that makes Wrigleyville such an amazing environment. They want to destroy it and encourage even more people to drive cars to the game by accommodating their request for more parking. When will we learn that a great city comes from walkability, never drivability.
This seems like a great project for Bronzeville. But I’m a “YIMBY” so I have to find something to complain about. Oh, I know, THOSE DAMN CHICAGO CUBS
Talking about YIMBY in a YIMBY website! Gasp! Who could’ve guessed!
There’s an article on the Block Club site, the Cubs are expanding the parking lot they own just north of Wrigley. They bought out House of the Good Shepherd to expand the lot to 947 spaces. It will now be almost a full city block of surface parking charging $35 – $90 for event parking.
The Alderperson’s says nearby residents can park in the lot for free, but there’s a big caveat, “Residents must move their vehicles from the lot by 8 am on any date on which their is a scheduled Cubs game, concert, or any other major event scheduled at Wrigley Field.”
Does the article say why Bronzeville residents want to park at Wrigley Field?
yes
Why are we complaining about the Cubs? What did I miss?
Response probably to the Cubs wanting to expand their parking portfolio. Given how the historic homes across the street fell to the wind, I wouldn’t put it past the team to acquire other homes to make a parking lot.
A little bit of exaggeration and hyperbole, but it is a shame they are going to buy and maintain a chunk of asphalt instead of upzoning to mixed-use stuff like the rest of the neighborhood has experienced. Something about the Cubs owner wanting to make room for tailgating. Does he even know the area? lol
Beautiful!
I am so on board, Chicago, getting this plan style rubber-stamped and allowed to be plopped virtually anywhere. Pre-approved, code rectified, and just needing an engineering survey before full city approval. This thing should have hundreds like it across the thousands of empty lots. Sprinkle them like an up-zoned bungalow.
This is without question the highest quality I’ve ever seen from Hanna. It makes it that much more upsetting that they are willing to pump out watered down boxes with no character ad-infinitum rather than steering clients towards higher standards.
Excellent design, love the terraces.
Anyway, back to all the positive comments about the development actually featured in this article . . .
This rendering was made in Minecraft.