{"id":549107,"date":"2026-03-27T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549107\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:29:11","slug":"plans-revealed-for-residential-development-within-smith-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/549107\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans Revealed For Residential Development Within Smith Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/526-North-Western-Avenue-01-777x532.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Elevation of 526 N Western Ave by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/author\/ian\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Achong<\/a> 7:45 am on March 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Plans have been revealed for a new mixed-use development at 526 North Western Avenue within Smith Park. The proposal would replace a small commercial building near the intersection with West Grand Avenue, just southwest of Ukrainian Village. The small bow-truss structure most recently housed a migrant shelter until its closure in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/526-North-Western-Avenue-04-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89176\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site context map of 526 N Western Ave via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are being led by Panoptic Group, which has been building small-scale projects in recent years. The developer has been working with local design firm Hanna Architects on the five-story structure, which will rise to approximately 59 feet in height. The exterior will be clad in a mix of corrugated decorative panels and brick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/526-North-Western-Avenue-02-1024x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89178\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elevations of 526 N Western Ave by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p>The ground floor will include 1,830 square feet of commercial space along the streetfront, as well as a small lobby and a nine-car parking garage at the rear along the alley. The floors above will contain nine residential units, all of which will be three-bedroom layouts. There will be no affordable units, as the project falls just below the threshold required by the ordinance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/526-North-Western-Avenue-03-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89177\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor plans of 526 N Western Ave by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p>While all units will feature a private balcony, the three top-floor units will also have access to a rooftop family room and outdoor deck. The team has already submitted a zoning application to the city, though no timeline has been announced.<\/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\/526-north-western-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">526 North Western Avenue<\/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\/smith-park\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smith Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">. <\/p>\n<p><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":"Elevation of 526 N Western Ave by Hanna Architects By: Ian Achong 7:45 am on March 27, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-549107","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\/549107","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=549107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}