Plans for a new residential development at 1225 South Indiana Avenue in the South Loop are moving forward, as the developer has applied for permits. Located at the intersection with East 13th Street, the project was initially pitched in 2022 to replace a large vacant lot near NEMA and behind One Museum Park.
Site plan of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
Overall rendering of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
For the past few years, a local developer has been working with 2RZ Architecture on plans for the relatively low-density proposal, dubbed Parkway Residences. The Z-shaped building will be anchored by a new small public park at the main street corner, which will be fenced and feature a large lawn, benches, and landscaping.
Rendering of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
Plans of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
Below the five-story structure will be an 89-space parking garage, accessed via a new ramp off 13th Street. The building above will include a small lobby, bike parking room, fitness room, and 100 residential units, including some duplexes. These will consist of 60 one-bedroom, 13 two-bedroom, 25 three-bedroom, and two four-bedroom layouts.
Rendering of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
Rendering of Parkway Residences by 2RZ Architecture
The building will be capped by a large rooftop deck with small canopies. The exterior will be clad in a mix of brick, cast stone, and various tones of metal panels. Having received city approval a few years ago, the development can move forward once permits are issued. Construction is expected to take approximately 14 to 16 months to complete.
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Boo
Is there a location that needs 89 parking spots less than this one? Directly next to so much good public transportation.
Yeah, with 100 units and 89 parking spots, that’s *almost* a 1:1 ratio for parking – yuck
Oddly small scale and suburban in concept, but I like the new public lawn. Gets drowned out by the nearby skyscrapers but maybe that’s why a taller concept wouldn’t work?
The original plan for NEMA sites dedicated this patch to townhouses, in line with the rest of Indiana. Small scale would actually work really well on that side of the street – it’s pretty low flung already, with towers being concealed by rows of 3-story houses.
A touch of suburbia surrounded by skyscrapers and high-rise towers. 20 years from now it will be hard to convince anyone that this building was built after all of its neighbors rather than before.
IIRC this is part of the PD and there are only so many units allowed to be built here.
0.9 parking ratio next to 20 year old skyscrapers and 4 rail transit lines + buses. Is this the South Loop in the late 80s? How did this happen?
They must be landbanking this land until they get the funding for a larger structure.
Ian I think you posted the April Fools article a few days early
I am all for a mix of heights as variety is the spice of life, but I was expecting this to be 10-20, not 5
Views. Five stories = podium height of the Museum Towers, build above that and the neighbors will set the construction site on fire.
100 units is still much better than an empty patch of useless land that moonlights as a parking lot.
Nothing I didn’t expect from this little plot of land.
They raised the number of parking spots from the earlier proposal, which is a bummer. But I imagine this building will end up holding perhaps 150-180 residents, so 89 parking spots is a lower ratio than some may actually think.
Been walking by and wondering about that lot for years. It is pretty small, and having a range of heights isn’t a bad thing for a neighborhood.
Still though this proposal is not impressive. 10 or 15 stories would fit well there, the parking ratio is just silly, and TBH the small public park really isn’t even needed. (It’s a half-block from Grant Park in one direction and from an existing local park in the other.)
Boo. What would fit great in this lot is a super tall super skinny tower. But I guess we’re 2-3 mayors away from that.
I’m just glad they are finally building something here, albeit smaller than what I had hoped initially.
Building that short next to the lake should be a crime.
OK, yes I do wish this project would have been taller – much taller, BUT the design is quite nice AND it reminds me of the Weimar Bauhaus (Gropius, et.al.) and that’s not a bad pedigree.
I live in the neighborhood and I’m pretty sure that the size was governed by input from the condo owners in the towers all around it, i.e. a tall building would ruin their views of the South Loop – and greatly increase the construction time. There aren’t any lake views possible from that site – just angry condo owners a few feet away. And I agree with Mr. Korom Jr. that the design is quite nice.
PS: I should have said “much of a lake view possible” from that site. Just a very narrow one between existing buildings.
There is plenty of land available for development here and further south. We should spend more time supporting development and less time trying to find the absolute “perfect” project.
This is just silly here. Again, doesn’t have to be 70 stories, but 10-15 stories would still look really short but at least fit in much better than this. This will fit in as well as the single family homes at State & Roosevelt. At least those have been there for awhile. This should work the other way too though. If we have single family and 2-3 flats in areas, we should be able to build 15-20 story buildings nearby.
I have always thought the single family homes at State and Roosevelt so odd and out of place.
I don’t live in one and wouldn’t want to, but in the overall picture I appreciate the South Loop having some diversity of land uses and living spaces.
Wow this is awesome! Vacant lots turning into 100 homes with a public green space is a win. More housing in the South Loop, full stop!
Maybe this is fit for Yorktown but not for downtown Chicago.
Nice looking design, wrong location, did the nimby’s start yelling about views? I believe this parcel of land was always anticipating one more tower. Overall glad to see new development, hope something will eventually pop up at the corner of Michigan and Rosevelt.
This patch was supposed to be townhouses. The second NEMA tower was planned for Roosevelt / Michigan site but alas it’s no more 🙁
Alot of nimby attitudes in theses comments. It’s 100 homes replacing a vacant lot. People acting like this won’t be directly across the street from townhomes. Celebrate some development, we certainly need it.
People are calling out how ridiculous it is to be this low density in this location, that’s not a nimby attitude, it calling it what it is: a missed opportunity.
Wow so f*cking ugly and waste of space
Ridiculous. Should be 8 stories at the very least and that would still be low for this area.
Access on 13th Street will harm the neighborhood
The street is owned by the Museum Park East Umbrella Association
which includes town homes and the Museum Park Towers south of 13th Street
Congestion with all of the existing towers north and south of 13th east of Indiana
will lower the quality of life in the neighborhood
On the contrary, as a 15-year resident of the neighborhood, bring on more congestion please. Seriously the sooner the better…e.g. I’m really hoping something gets done in place of what was supposed to be the second NEMA tower.
Regarding this particular project as proposed, on further reflection and reading more comments here I’ve warmed up to it a bit. It fits the specific parcel, and some visual+height diversity is a plus. Would love to see the parking trimmed down and still think the little “park” is silly right there, but that’s just back-seat driving. In the big picture all things considered, let’s have this thing move forward.
I remain hopeful for Nema 2 to fill in. That corner is an eyesore.
As a neighbor of this, total lackluster plan and too short for the immediate area. While there are townhomes on 13th, this building should be at least 10 stories, which is still shorter than the building on the west side of Indiana. Alderwoman really lackluster for allowing such nimby talk to keep the building so low for such a downtown spot.
Obviously happy for the infill regardless.
I think anyone who’s seen this parcel (sitting in a valley of mid and high rises) in person would expect a development with less height. I will take the additional housing and tax dollars.
If the neighborhood could support more high density, they would have already been done with Nema tower 2, but it doesn’t so this size fits in perfectly with the neighborhood.
This is awful. Way too short for that area. Seems totally out of place. I’d rather see the parking stick around until someone with vision and money can build a much taller and more attractive building on the site. Mediocre projects like this provide the developer with a quick payday while leaving the city with uninspired, sub scale buildings. It’s sad and Chicago deserves much better. The city needs to improve its governance, finances, and crime rate so that institutional capital will resume investing here on a large scale. The demand for housing is definitely here. Projects like this are not the right answer, and this one is pathetic.
Yeah the compromise would have been to make at least the middle section of this taller which wouldn’t have disrupted many views, but perhaps could add another 200 units at least. Unless the PD only has 100 units left in the zoning, then that would explain it.
Yup, originally it was planned as 100 units of townhomes. Guess they just didn’t want to go through rezoning hell.
How could you squeeze 100 townhomes onto that parcel? Just looking at it, two or three dozen would be a tight fit.
To Botts NEMA 2 was to be at Michigan & Roosevelt-still up for sale
The whole 3 lot purchase was approved as a planned development
With no more height allowed and low density on the lot on Indiana-hence the park
If well done fine by me- just move the access to Indiana
This is boring
what is with all the talk about building height, the lot is zoned for 60′ height… end of discussion…zero exemptions were applied for…OMPW had zero input on outcome but we are thrilled with outcome…
With everyone screaming that every development needs to be between 20-80 stories tall on this site, I always wonder how many commenters actually live in that type of building. This area of the south loop is dense, with towers, midrises, townhomes, and plenty of space to build more if the demand was there. Some people don’t want to take an elevator to the 60th floor every day, so if the developer can make the project work with the cost of the land and fill a need for a different style of housing (that is denser than probably 80% of Chicago) let them and keep building out the empty lots between Roosevelt and I55, there are plenty.