Zoning application filed for affordable development at 3456 W. 5th Ave

A zoning application has been filed for Harvest Homes II Apartments, an affordable mixed-use development at 3456 W. 5th Ave in East Garfield Park. Planned by NHP Foundation, the project site is a midblock vacant site located between W. Jackson Blvd and W. Fifth Ave.

Designed by UrbanWorks, the three-story building will include 50 affordable units and a 5,000 square foot food hall and kitchen with outdoor patio. Designed in a U-shape, the building will host the food hall and kitchen on the east end of the site with the outdoor patio. Nine parking spaces will be located at the west end of the site adjacent to the building’s residential entry. A community room, management office, fitness room, and bike room with 50 bike spaces will all be organized around the residential entry at the west corner of the building. 

Topping out at 41 feet, the building facade has been designed with a combination of dark gray ribbed metal panels, redwood ribbed metal panels, ironspot brick, and glass Juliet balcony railings.

The project’s north courtyard area that faces W. Jackson Blvd includes a resident plaza, public plaza, and playground amongst green space. 

To allow for the proposed development, the site will need to be rezoned from RM-5 and B3-3 to a unified B2-3 with an overall Planned Development designation. Approvals will be needed from the Chicago Plan Commission, Committee on Zoning, and City Council.