City Council approves retail to residential conversion at The Mabel

The Chicago City Council has approved a rezoning to allow 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 Hirsch MPG, the long-vacant retail space 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 City Council approval secured, the building is being rezoned from C1-2 to B2-3. The development team can now move forward with permitting and construction.