Bulk PD Approved...
Plan Commission approved Shapack Partners' planned multi-phase mixed-use project at 448, 449 & 509 N. Union Ave., 456 & 461 N. Milwaukee Ave., 708 W. Hubbard St. and 500 N. Desplaines St. in West Town. Phase one will convert a building at 509 N. Union Ave. into a 141-room hotel.
Future phases include up to 2,269 mixed-income residences in multiple buildings, plus commercial space and public plazas. The project would pay $11.9 million to the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund and $1.49 million each to the Local Impact Fund and Citywide Adopt-A-Landmark Fund.
Heights listed on the massing reference map:
625’
500’
400’
350’
125'
Just a few notes:
Phase 1… adaptive reuse of Salvation Army building (one side is timber and the other is concrete)
Long term stakeholders of area excited.
No no votes at the community meeting that was held (neighbors of river west)