City Council approves 2934 W. Medill

The City Council has approved plans for a new residential building at 2934 W. Medill. Located on the site of Project Logan, the new development will replace a set of one-story commercial buildings well known as a popular destination for graffiti art. Originally proposed in December 2020, the project’s developer Wilmot Properties has faced some pushback from residents and revised the project as a result.

With a design by locally based Hanna Architects, the project will deliver 56 residential units in a five-story building. Clad with a masonry design, the building will offer exclusively two-bedroom apartments featuring balconies in every unit. As part of the revision process, the parking count has been reduced from 56 down to 46 spaces.  

To work with the alderman’s office and to appease the community, the developer has come to an agreement with Project Logan that they will own the east- and north-facing walls in perpetuity according to a recent Block Club Chicago article. The development will also set aside 20% of the units as affordable housing.

With approval garnered from the City Council, the site will be rezoned from C1-2 to B2-3 to allow for the new building. The developer can now move forward with construction of the new building. Permits for the demolition of the existing buildings were issued back in 2021.