Designed by Chicago's bKL Architecture, the new five-story building will replace an industrial facility with 47 residential units, 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and 24 parking spaces. Located at the busy intersection of Milwaukee and Elston, the building's design includes angled windows that filter out the light emitted from vehicles coming from both busy arteries. In addition to its angular exterior, the building will sport a brushed pewter and bronze front.
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The "Tower of Jewel" plan would stack a 35-story tower atop the grocer's new five-story flagship at the corner Clark and Division, yet only include three floors of parking for shoppers and residents of the 390-unit building. Neighborhood pushback has centered not on limited parking but the potential for increased traffic jams and commotion coming from new loading docks, which makes sense coming from a neighborhood that's already a parking challenge.
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Part of a mini Polish Triangle renaissance, this angled 40-unit proposal tucked away on a side street will offer studios and one-bedroom units along with a green roof and ground floor retail, and will shoot for a LEED Silver rating.
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This glassy seven-story addition to the Polish Triangle might be the epitome of TOD, not necessarily due to any design or green credentials but because the development will utilize the ordinance to build without adding a single parking spot. The LG Development Group proposal would include 58 new apartments and nearly 13,000 square feet of commercial space.
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Division Street (the neighborhood) is increasingly looking a lot different than Division Street (the book), and proposals like this seven-story glass-and-steel tower explain why. Centrum Partners is using the TOD ordinance to construct this 77-unit building with a minimum of parking (39 spots located in an underground garage).
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A new spin on the standard TOD formula, this planned 13-unit build-out would preserve a classical, century-old building on Division by adding a rear addition and four-story residence in the vacant lot next door. In keeping with the original space's historical character, the developer plans to restore the facade.

This proposed LEED certified Logan Square TOD by Property Markets Group adds a greener option to the burgeoning Milwaukee corridor that's seen so much activity this past year. The current 120-unit concept near the California Blue Line, the result of a dramatic design reboot, now includes additional green space and a modular metallic facade designed by Brininstool + Lynch.
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Controversial might be an understatement when talking about this hotly contested TOD, held up by opponents as a symbol of runaway change and gentrification in Logan Square. The next project from Rob Buono, the man behind the 1611 West Division TOD, the Dual Tower plan would replace an abandoned plumbing showroom with a 10- and 14-story tower connected by a 12,000-square-foot green roof and ground level retail.
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The evolution of this prime parcel near the Belmont Red Line stop has been a case study in how TOD can be applied to cut the parking requirements of qualifying developments. Community backlash caused BlitzLake Capital Partner to modify the proposed eight-story tower, which would rise next door to the infamous "Punkin Donuts," to include 50,000 square feet of retail, a dramatic reduction in parking spaces and fewer apartments (90) than originally proposed.
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One of the first proposals to utilize the TOD ordinance, this Centrum Partners rental building in an empty lot near the Paulina Brown Line stop would feature 31-48 apartments, a green roof, dedicated bicycle parking and 6,000 feet of retail space on the ground floor, but require only nine parking spots.
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This long-expected Ravenswood project appears as though it is ready to move forward. Dubbed Montrose Green, the new mixed-user next to the Montrose Brown Line station is planned for a parcel that was formerly the site of an organic community garden of the same name. This play towards young urban renters on the corner of Montrose Avenue and Honore Street checks off nearly every point on a stereotypical twenty-something's housing wish list; common green roof access, close proximity to public transit, restaurant/retail space on the ground floor and a 3,000 square foot business incubator on the fifth floor.
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A TOD with a Modernist edge, this proposed eight-story structure of stacked glass boxes adds 18 units near the Sheridan Red Line and only nine parking spaces. Developer Andy Ahitow, a Chicago Apartment Finders co-founder, has said that under normal development rules, he'd have to completely reconfigure the first floor to accommodate additional parking.
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