Construction of the 236-unit project at 3600-36 S. Western Ave., near a Chicago Transit Authority Orange Line stop, could begin next spring, president and chief executive officer David Dubin tells GlobeSt.com. "This is a site that's been cited for illegal dumping and has become an eyesore of sorts," says 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas. "[Western Avenue] is a great avenue that's been neglected for some time. We've got to take a look at obsolete buildings and do something with them."
Dubin Residential will replace two buildings totaling 12,000 sf with one- and two-bedroom condominiums, priced from $170,000 to the low $200,000 range, in three five-story buildings facing Western Avenue. The prolific multifamily developer is offering 36 condominiums to buyers qualifying under the city's affordable housing initiative. The two- and three-bedroom townhouses, likely to sell for $250,000 to $300,000, will be arranged in seven clusters.
The site, which Dubin Residential still must acquire from Garmat, LLC, is zoned M2-1 but would be rezoned to RM4.5. The project's density is 25% less than the new zoning would allow.
One downside to the site is its neighbors to the south and west--the Chicago and Alton Railroad and Chicago Junction Railway Co. lines. "It's not a high-speed rail line by any means," says Cardenas, noting single-family homes are north of Dubin Residential's site. "We don't get a lot of complaints from the residents, and there are houses that are closer to the tracks." Nonetheless, Dubin will consider landscaping along the property's south and west borders as a potential buffer.
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