Details have been revealed for an upcoming mixed-use development at 2323 West Grand Avenue within West Town. Located mid-block between North Western Avenue and North Oakley Boulevard, the planned structure will replace a vacant lot commonly used for parking. The details come as the proposal also gains approval from City Council.
Site context map of 2323 W Grand Ave via Google Maps
Efforts for the project are being led by local developer Panoptic Group, who is no stranger to this building typology and has several structures proposed nearby. The design for the building was led by Hanna Architects, whose work we have covered extensively. The now-approved project will rise five stories tall and around 57 feet in height.
Floor plans of 2323 W Grand Ave by Hanna Architects
Inside the ground floor will be 2,700 square feet of divisible retail space along the street front, joined by a small lobby, a 1,000-square-foot amenity space, and a 26-vehicle parking garage in the rear. This will support the 52 residential units across the remaining floors, of which 20 percent will be affordable.
Elevation of 2323 W Grand Ave by Hanna Architects
Elevation of 2323 W Grand Ave by Hanna Architects
Unit layouts will be made up of four one-bedroom units and 48 two-bedroom units, following a recent trend of favoring mostly two-bedroom floorplans. All units will also have access to a private balcony along with a shared rooftop space. The building’s front facade will feature a brick grid system with protruding window bays. Though all approvals are in hand, no timeline is known.
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2006 called, it wants its elevation back.
It looks like a Rubik’s Cube mated with a Lego set.
Of all the Texas style 5-over-ones, this might just be the ugliest.
This is not “Texas style” as it does not have a parking garage as tall as the apartment building that is wrapping around it.
I agree, Ryan. What happened to architectural creativity?
Just the other day someone commented that we need low cost, easily repeatable designs to add housing to the city…. well here it is.
Do we want density, affordability, or artistry? We can’t really get all of them…
There is nothing wrong with decent, but unexciting buildings filling in Chicago’s housing stock. Not everything needs to be a showpiece.
I agree, and yet we can also encourage better design and advocate for them. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
If you add up all the “not every building needs to be a showpiece” type of responses for every building that’s criticized you’ll realize that none of them are. The critics are pointing out that we live in an era where unique, interesting, bold or creative design is the furthest priority from developers’ minds and these responses confrim it.
No one thinks every building needs to be a masterpiece, we are wondering why none of them can be.
Whatever — they had me at “replace a vacant lot commonly used for parking”.
Build baby build!
YOU must be the change you wish to see in the world.
If you want to see a more beautiful building built in chicago, go build one.
There is literally nothing stopping you from attempting to do so.
Money
Simple designs allow us to build more housing for more people at an affordable price. I think that streetscape is the underdiscussed design choice that is making our city ugly, not uninspired architectural design. If we had intentional and not car-dominated streetscape, the details of building design would be forgiven.
Wish this design left the pedestrian passthrough at Claremont, could be a quaint alleyway with the patio for the restaurant.
I wish that they used that ROW or Ferdinand as a justification for Type A ground floor units. Instead of parking.