The first row of townhomes on the former Cenacle Retreat land in Lincoln Park have topped out. Addressed as 2329 North Cambridge Avenue, the row of homes extends off a short segment of the street extending south off Fullerton Parkway, a segment that could be mistaken for an alley. The first set of eight townhomes was permitted on April 2nd with a reported cost of $4.11 million.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
This non-artistic representation shows the 2329 site in red, and the 2333 site in blue
MC Construction Group is the general contractor for developer Ogden Partners, working with designs by Booth Hansen. With the first row at full height, foundation work is underway for the second set of homes, which were permitted on April 4th using the address of 2333 North Cambridge Avenue. The reported cost for that permit is $4.275 million.
Rendering of the North Cambridge townhomes by Booth Hansen
Rendering of the North Cambridge Avenue townhomes by Booth Hansen
Site plan of the North Cambridge Avenue townhomes by Booth Hansen
Each permit calls for eight four-story homes. All dwelling units will have attached garage parking, with most accessed from a central driveway between the two rows of townhomes. Drivers will enter and exit from the north end of the development only, using Cambridge Avenue off Fullerton Parkway. An entrance at the south end from Cambridge will allow pedestrians to come and go, but not vehicles.
Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking through Fullerton Pointe from Fullerton Parkway. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking west from Cleveland Avenue. Photo by Daniel Schell
Looking north from Cambridge Avenue, at the south end of the construction site. Photo by Daniel Schell
There will be no vehicular access to the townhomes from the south end. Photo by Daniel Schell
Pedestrian-only access will be located here off Cambridge Avenue at the south end. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Foundation work is underway for the second row of townhomes. Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
Photo by Daniel Schell
The Cambridge townhomes are near several CTA bus routes, including 22, 36, 151, and 156 to the east, and Routes 8, 37, and 74 to the west. The Fullerton Red/Brown/Purple Line elevated train platform is just over half a mile west.
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Nice classic design with the bay windows. I like it
I love it when are they available to rent?
No completion date has been made public yet.
These ugly, copy-paste condos are causing absurd levels of noise, shaking homes, even breaking quiet hour laws and other things that the neighborhood aldermen have had to address with them. They block off entire one way streets to treat as their personal storage lot, so good luck getting out to go to work, and have generally zero concern about who already lives here since all these developers care about is making the same crappy looking buildings to sell for absurd prices that they really are not worth. And since they decided to break ground mid-winter, we can’t even escape our homes to avoid the noise! These are the worst things to happen to this neighborhood in over 5 years of living here.