We posted several new, original stories this week on our Medium blog about neighborhood zoning changes to allow for multi-unit residences.
- Townhomes on a vacant lot in Pilsen
- New 19-unit TOD at Belmont/Lincoln/Ashland in Lakeview
- Teardown to build 9 condos across from Damen Brown Line
We’ve also added a bunch of new features and maps; new data on our developable land map, current Chicago Public Schools attendance boundaries, and listing buildings with stop work orders.
Neighborhood news
- Redfin says that fewer than 10 percent of homes are affordable for teachers in Chicago, a decrease from 2012 (Mother Jones)
- Metropolitan Planning Council is hosting a roundtable about the future of Pullman, a community that “has a lot going for it” (buy tickets)
- The National Park Service is soliciting feedback on what period aesthetic the Pullman national monument should be restored to (Curbed)
- The Regional Housing Initiative is seeking developers who want help financing construction of multi-unit apartment buildings (Archpaper)
- Trulia says that Chicago is second only to Detroit in the rise in house-flipping in 2016 (Crain’s)
- Coalition: The Obama Foundation should sign a Community Benefits Agreement before building the presidential library (UChicago Gate)
- Banner Wholesale Grocers is buying a city-owned lot in Pilsen for $450,000 (less if environmental cleanup is needed) (press release)
- State Rep. Will Guzzardi (39th) wants to repeal a state law that makes rent control illegal (DNAinfo)