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There are few available sites for new multi-unit projects in Sauganash. Rendering of the parking lot planned for the north side of the property. Even in other Far Northwest Side community areas, the percentage of housing units represented by single-family homes is much lower than in Forest Glen, which has one of the highest single-family home percentages of any community area.ĭPD’s current housing plan, entitled “ Bouncing Back: Five-Year Housing Plan” explicitly states, “People of all income levels, in all neighborhoods, should have a range of housing options.” It goes on to say “A commitment to diverse communities and…fair housing is essential to a healthy, vibrant Chicago.” Whole Foods’ plan to permanently convert valuable land to parking is in conflict with those goals. Condos and apartments located in buildings with six or more units only make up about six percent of the area’s total units.Ĭitywide, only about 25 percent of housing units are single-family homes. Over 85 percent of all units in the Forest Glen community area – which includes Sauganash, Forest Glen, Edgebrook, and Wildwood - are single-family units, according to DePaul University’s Institute for Housing Studies. The predominant housing type in Sauganash is single-family housing. However, more space for people, rather than cars, would have been a much better community asset. “The Alderman is satisfied that the proposal is the right fit for that location,” said John Riordan, the ward’s director of economic development and business affairs.

The store’s plan to permanently convert the land to car storage was approved by the Chicago Department of Planning and Development and the Chicago Department of Transportation, as well as 39th Ward Alderman Margaret Laurino and local community leaders. The site is currently a gravel lot, which Whole Foods is already using for parking. Due to the housing market crash that occured shortly after that, the second building was never constructed. The completed portion, built in 2007, includes the Whole Foods, 61 condo units, and 260 garage parking spaces in garages.

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The original proposal for Sauganash Place included two condo buildings with a total of 136 units, plus commercial space.

Featuring several stories of condominiums with balconies, plus a Whole Foods Market on the ground floor, the building wouldn’t look out of place in denser neighborhoods like Lincoln Park and Lakeview.Īlthough the supermarket already has a large underground parking garage, as well as a surface parking lot, the company recently announced it has purchased land to the north of the store - which was originally slated for more condos - in order to expand the lot. The plan is moving forward with little-to-no opposition, even though it would be much more productive to use this land for development, especially for more multi-unit housing. Sauganash Place, a mixed-use development near Peterson and Cicero avenues, is a strikingly urban element in the eponymous Chicago neighborhood, a quiet, mostly residential community on the Far Northwest Side.