Developers Jay Johnson of Cornerstone Investment Group, and Eric Theisen and Freddy Ellis of Watermark Equity, have proposed “Howard Rogers Lofts”, a 38-unit apartment building less than two blocks from the Howard CTA station at 1531 W Howard St.
The building is “by right”, meaning they don’t need a zoning change or variance to build it, and they surely don’t need the alderman’s approval. It also means that people who already live nearby can’t persuade the alderman to block it.
(However, the alderman could ask the transportation department to not issue a driveway permit for the building’s parking garage, which is what Alder Deb Mell did in 2014 to block a developer from building a Walgreens with a corner parking lot across from the Kimball Brown Line station.)
There’s a public meeting, as a courtesy, on Monday, April 24, and Alder Joe Moore’s newsletter has more details.