Permit issued for retail to residential conversion at The Mabel

A renovation permit has been issued for the conversion of The Mabel’s vacant retail space into new apartments at 5920 N. Ridge. Planned by Ernst Development and Envoi Partners LLC, the recently rehabbed residential building is situated on a triangular parcel at the southeastern corner of N. Ridge Ave and N. Clark St.

Designed by SEEK Design + Architecture, the long-vacant retail space of the building will be converted into 17 new residential units and a green space courtyard. A new retail tenant will be added to the highly visible corner of the building and current retail tenant B&W Gym will get new signage and a remodeled entrance along N. Ridge Ave.

Set to improve the streetscape, the residential spaces along N. Clark St will be set back with patios, ornamental vegetation, and passage doors for the apartments to the patios. Of the 17 new apartments, three of them will be ARO units at 60% AMI. 

With the renovation permit issued, general contractor Macon Construction Group can begin the construction work to convert the space into the planned apartments.