Demo permit issued for proposed development at 2800 N. Sheridan

A demolition permit has been issued to make way for a proposed mixed-use development at 2800 N. Sheridan. Planned by Chicago Development Partners and Continuum Capital, the project site is located at the northwest corner of W. Diversey Pkwy and N. Sheridan Rd. The site includes a vacant medical building at the northwest corner of Sheridan and Diversey that will be demolished as well as the adjacent parking lot to the north.

Designed by Antunovich Associates, the mixed-use development is proposed to take shape as a 28-story structure with 355 units, 10,559 square feet of retail space, 10,000 square feet of medical office space, a 25,000-square-foot health club, 152 parking spaces, and 366 bike parking spaces. To meet affordable requirements, 20% of the units would be set aside as affordable.

Rising 324 feet tall, the building’s tower massing has been designed as three connected volumes that stagger in plan to angle the long facade of the building to face southeast towards Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan. Resident balconies are placed into the corners created where the staggered volumes connect. 

The attached structure on the northern parcel will have 10,000 square feet of medical office space on the second floor screening the parking garage, and a full third floor on top planned for a 25,000 square foot health club. The masonry structure has been designed with a two-story glazing element at the office space and health club outlined by a white metal panel framing element.

The main building’s ground floor will have 10,559 square feet of retail space facing W. Diversey Pkwy and wrapping the corner onto N. Sheridan Rd. The residential lobby with mail room and leasing offices fronts N. Sheridan Rd. Mechanical space and the loading dock occupy the rest of the ground floor. Parking and bike parking will be located on the first two floors of the building on the northern parcel. 

On the second floor, 8,700 square feet of amenity space will face south and east with an outdoor terrace facing south towards Lincoln Park. The back of the second floor will have four residential units facing north. 

Above, the third floor will be the first typical residential floor with 15 units per floor, and typical floors will continue up through the 23rd floor. Floors 24-27 will have larger units, with only nine units per floor. In total, the 303 residential units will include 54 studios, 36 convertibles, 109 one-beds, 45 one-bed plus dens, 47 two-beds, and 12 three-beds. 

The building will be topped out with the 28th floor, which will be a full amenity floor. There will be 5,200 square feet of indoor amenities in addition to a large outdoor roof deck with a pool. 

In addition, the development team has committed to preserving the two historic Egon Weiner “Brotherhood” sculptures currently located on the site. They will either keep the sculptures on site as part of the new development, or partner with the Chicago Park District or another organization to place them on display elsewhere in the city.

To allow for the scope of the project, the developers are seeking to rezone the site to B3-5. The site is currently part of a Planned Development and will likely need its own new Planned Development or amend the existing one to move forward. The proposal will require aldermanic approval from 44th Ward Alderman Lawson as well as city approvals from the Chicago Plan Commission, Committee on Zoning, and City Council. 

With the demolition permit issued, demo contractor Atlas Industries can raze the existing building in preparation for the new development. A timeline for city approvals and construction has not been announced.