Plans for the mixed-use proposal at 2648 West Lawrence Avenue have now been fully approved by the Chicago City Council. Sitting on the corner with North Washtenaw Avenue next to HarvestTime Foods in Lincoln Square, the development is set to replace an existing one-story commercial building.
Site context map of 2648 W Lawrence Ave via Google Maps
Local developer MLV Properties first revealed their plans earlier this year ahead of a community meeting back in September. Since then, it has received approval from the local alderman ahead of the city’s final approval this week. The development team has been working with Red Architects on the design of the new five-story, fully electric structure.
Floor plans of 2648 W Lawrence Ave by Red Architects
The ground floor of the structure will contain 2,900 square feet of commercial space along Lawrence. This is shown subdivided into three separate shops on the plans. This will be joined by a single liner unit and main entrance along Washtenaw, as well as a 13-vehicle parking garage in the rear.
Elevation of 2648 W Lawrence Ave by Red Architects
The floors above will hold the rest of the 37 residential units, made up of 20 one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom, and one four-bedroom layouts. Four of the units will be considered affordable. Residents will also have access to a small shared rooftop deck atop the 58-foot-tall, brick-clad building. The team is now able to move forward toward their anticipated late 2028 completion.
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Nice little addition for that area. Lincoln square is 🔥
37 new housing units.
Only 13 parking spaces (0.35 ratio) accessed via alley.
Sorely underused lot on a major arterial gets a proper city building.
Let’s go!
Let’s go 1000x more of these!!!
Seriously. 1000 of these is 37000 new units which is about what we should be building every 2-3 years to keep ip with even our lackluster population growth.
Terrible floor plans, good building
This is great. I’m always fascinated about how immune Lincoln Square has been from a development boom. I’ve lived in the area for 20 years and it’s changed so little in that time span compared to most other “gentrifying” areas of the city.
Lincoln Square has certainly gentrified at a steady pace but the story has been two-flat conversions vs. big apartment/condo developments. I don’t think the alders/citizenry are particularly more NIMBY-ish than in other neighborhoods. So it’s weird to look at the underdeveloped lots and buildings along Lawrence Ave, for example — most of which are within 2-3 blocks of an L stop.
My only theory is that we’re just slightly too far for a convenient bike ride to the Loop, which limits its appeal for a certain portion of well-to-to young professionals.
Yes I agree, but this particular alderman doesn’t like developers. He makes it extremely difficult and to add fuel to the fire, they say he flips depending on the day
Who’s “they”? Your imaginary “friend”?
Brown line is too slow, a 30 minute train ride to the Loop isn’t especially attractive when Lincoln Square doesn’t have many other amenities that appeal to young urban professional. You can live in Edgewater and be closer to the Lake and more young people and a more reliable transit connection if you don’t mind a half hour train ride.
Lincoln Square is a great place for families however, Welles Park is one of my favorite in the city to take my kids.
This is not the point, but I appreciate the solar awnings next door.