{"id":433274,"date":"2026-01-27T19:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433274\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T19:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:01:11","slug":"pocket-park-revealed-as-part-of-215-north-racine-in-fulton-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/433274\/","title":{"rendered":"Pocket Park Revealed As Part Of 215 North Racine In Fulton Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Additional details have been revealed surrounding the proposed mixed-use tower at 215 North Racine Avenue in <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/fulton-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fulton Market<\/a>. Located mid-block between West Fulton Street and West Lake Street, the slim structure would replace a parking lot and an existing three-story commercial building, and was <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/06\/construction-date-revealed-for-215-n-racine-avenue-in-fulton-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">originally proposed<\/a> last summer by local developer Domus.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-N-Racine-21-02-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-large wp-image-87269\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tower (red) \u2013 Park (green) via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-n-racine-02-1024x539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" class=\"size-large wp-image-79956\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site context diagram of 215 N Racine Avenue by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the team has presented the project to the community and received feedback. One of the main sticking points from those reviews was the lack of open public green space required of new projects in the area. As a result, Domus has expanded the proposal\u2019s footprint to include a new pocket park at 1240 West Carroll Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-N-Racine-21-01-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" class=\"size-large wp-image-87270\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering of potential park at 1240 W Carroll Ave by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p>The 10,810-square-foot park is also being designed by the tower\u2019s architect, Archeo Design Studio, and would replace a small one-story commercial building. While the design isn\u2019t finalized and will warrant additional community input, preliminary plans show two basketball courts and seating. The park will be privately managed but open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-N-Racine-Avenue-04-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" class=\"size-large wp-image-78153\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering of 215 N Racine Avenue by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-n-racine-01-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" class=\"size-large wp-image-87268\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering of 215 N Racine Avenue by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p>A few blocks over, the square-shaped tower would rise 30 stories and approximately 362 feet in height, with rounded corners. The ground floor would contain 1,128 square feet of retail space, a small lobby, and a ramp leading to an 88-space parking garage on the lower levels. The garage would be clad in a perforated metal screen and capped by a small terrace for the units within.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-n-racine-03-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87266\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-n-racine-02-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" class=\"size-large wp-image-87267\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor plans of 215 N Racine Avenue by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the building would house 347 residential units, made up of studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts. Of the total, 70 units would be considered affordable. All residents would have access to a rooftop amenity deck featuring a west-facing pool. The tower itself would be clad in glass with a copper- or bronze-colored metal grid detail.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/215-N-Racine-Avenue-02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"size-large wp-image-78155\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rendering of 215 N Racine Avenue by Archeo Design Studio<\/p>\n<p>The development will now need to move forward with approvals from all necessary city entities before proceeding. Earlier announcements called for a mid-2026 construction start date with an 18-month completion timeline, though an updated schedule has not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g_VSUf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/215-n-racine-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">215 N Racine Avenue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/archeo-design-studio\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Archeo Design Studio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/domus-group\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Domus Group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/fulton-market\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulton Market<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/mixed-use\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Use<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/residential\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residential<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Additional details have been revealed surrounding the proposed mixed-use tower at 215 North Racine Avenue in Fulton Market.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-433274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}