New plans have been revealed for the mixed-use development at 750 W North Avenue in Lincoln Park. This comes after the approval of previous plans for the site under a different developer lapsed, allowing for local developer Base 3 Real Estate to swoop in with a new proposal designed by Red Architects.
Site plan of 750 W North Avenue by Red Architects
Bound by one of the curves of the CTA Brown Line, the project would replace a surface parking just east of the intersection with N Halsted Street. While those previous plans called for an eight story structure with 92-units, the new design removes some density and will cap out at five stories and around 60-feet in height.
Floor plan of 750 W North Avenue by Red Architects
Floor plan of 750 W North Avenue by Red Architects
The ground floor will contain around 2,300 square-feet of retail space fronting North Avenue and a larger parking garage with 15-spaces. Above will be 48-residential units made up of four-studios, 36 one-bedroom, and eight two-bedroom layouts. Since a zoning change isn’t needed, the amount of affordable units hasn’t been set.
Rendering of 750 W North Avenue by Red Architects
Residents will all have access to a shared rooftop deck as none of the units will have a balcony. The new building design features a more generic exterior and form with a brick facade and cast stone details. The project will need approval on its proposed zoning variances, though no construction timeline is known.
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I’m usually disappointed when a project gets a haircut, but in this case the five story height aligns nicely with the vintage building to the west of it.
Agreed. Streetscape could look decent with this – but a larger building next to the tracks wouldn’t have been bad. Design is fine in the context of a lot of what we’ve seen recently.
Really glad to see this parking lot replaced with a pretty sensible building. North and Clybourn is really starting to improve through better housing that isn’t trying to be auto-oriented. And that’s awesome, it could become a great place to live filling in all the rest of the suburban-style parking lots and taking advantage of the red line station/plaza as a central neighborhood point.
I feel like the days of the CB2 building / strip mall on north side of North between Halsted and Clybourn must be numbered with all the new residential nearby. Someone just needs to buy it and let the leases run out …
Something is better than nothing and this looks pretty nice, especially in context of its neighbor. With a tall high rise approved across the street, this doesn’t seem too bad, and it’s not really the nicest place to live anyways, very busy, noisy, and dangerous intersection, so this density is pretty good for the location.
Is the author paid by the hyphen?
I feel that this was a missed opportunity to straighten out the S-curve in the L tracks. The line will need to be rebuilt eventually, and this certainly is a major slow spot. Still, I like the development.