Construction has kicked off for the first tower of Halsted Pointe at 931 North Halsted Street on Goose Island. Sitting on the southeastern tip of the island, Halsted Pointe is replacing the now-demolished Greyhound bus facility just across the river from the upcoming Bally’s Casino. Canadian developer Onni has been working on the proposal for a few years now.
Aerial View of Halsted Pointe by HPA
While the completed project will include five high-rises and a mid-rise, this initial phase will consist of a 46-story tower designed by local architecture firm HPA. The 500-foot skyscraper will be anchored by a five-story podium, which will meet the slope of Halsted as it descends from the nearby bridge. This will be done via split-level retail connecting it to the ground level below.
Renderings of 931 N Halsted Street by HPA
Updated rendering of 931 N Halsted Street by HPA
In total, said podium would hold 18,900 square feet of commercial space across multiple storefronts, as well as 200 parking spaces in the floors above. This will be capped by a large multi-level outdoor deck and connected to various amenities like a fitness center, wellness space, lounge, and game room.
Lower level plans of 931 N Halsted St by HPA
Floor plans of 931 N Halsted St by HPA
This will support 460 residential units in the tower above, made up of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom layouts. Of those, 92 will need to be considered affordable. The structure itself will take on a boxy form and utilize two tones of glass, along with cantilevered and inset balconies to break up the massing with angled elements.
Elevations of 931 N Halsted St by HPA
To access the building, a new driveway will be built around the structure to be used by future phases as well. The project secured $220 million in funding back in late 2024, scoring its first construction permits just a few months ago. Now, caisson drilling equipment, concrete trucks, and a small crane are actively working on the site. The project has a 24-month timeline.
Further details on the greater Halsted Pointe development can be found here.
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These 200 households that take up parking in this tower are gonna learn real quick that Halsted is unusable as a car thoroughfare here. let us pray that the CDOT gods provide actually safe cycling infrastructure or improved route 8 speeds in the near future. im not holding out hope
Converting the buffered Halsted bike lanes into protected bike lanes from Clybourn to Hubbard is such low hanging fruit, given the 50’+ width of the street through there. In some places it is as simple as installing those low concrete bolt down barriers to prevent the frequent drivers who throw on their hazards & block the bike lane for 10+ minutes.
Such a redesign would also allow for creating bus boarding islands similar to those on Milwaukee, & in other areas, bus bump outs similar to those on Belmont in North Center.
Protected bike lane here would be amazing. Cars were always trying to use the usually empty parking lane as a short cut southbound between Chicago and Grand. 20+ years of biking in the city, that’s the only place I’ve been (gently) hit by a car.
To be honest, 200 parking spots for 460 units is not a bad ratio. While I’d like it to still be lower, this is still pretty good for this location
Let’s hope the CDOT gods put the priority on moving car traffic through the already congested area and eliminate any bike lanes. They can be moved somewhere else, that is safer. City is being choked by bike lanes on every major street, which is not necessary.
Mike, traffic is like water. It takes the shape and volume of its container. Fixing traffic by adding more capacity is like fixing obesity by buying a bigger belt.
Halsted is a designated bike corridor running almost the full length of the city. There is concrete protection in multiple large stretches of it already. Removing the bike lanes in this one section makes no sense.
Even if for some reason they were removed I am doubtful it would do anything other than induce more demand for car traffic in the area, and even if – against all documented traffic trends – it didnt, then Halsted still goes back to single lane both North and South of here so choke points would be created.
Amen, James.
Halsted south and north of Chicago Avenue was a car-traffic nightmare for years before it had any bike lanes; never stopped being that with the bike lanes; wouldn’t stop being that if the bike lanes were removed.
Really thought this was destined to remain vaporware despite the assurances of the developer, pleased to see another building over 400 feet in the pipeline
Ugly angular late 2000s design. Sad for this prominent location.
It will be blocked by the other towers in due time. Hopefully those designs mature.
Ian, we are going to need to see pics of construction equipment and holes being dug to believe this. LOL
Pics or it literally didn’t happen
I live across the river and can confirm the site activity that Ian has mentioned. It’s had active movement since around early Feb. I was planning on throwing the drone up this weekend to snag some photos of the digger trucks, caisson work, and everything else hidden behind the fence. Happy to send them around or post them on the board
While development is welcome the design is so 2006, did they just have this in their files from the last housing boom and resold it?
My younger cousins have informed me that 00’s aesthetics are cool again
Woohoo!
Great news!! I’ve been waiting for this and asking about it. Makes my day.