{"id":566323,"date":"2026-04-05T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566323\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T16:48:10","slug":"residential-building-proposed-in-andersonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/566323\/","title":{"rendered":"Residential Building Proposed in Andersonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5636-N-Ashland-Ave-01-777x557.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Elevation of 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates<\/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 April 5, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Plans have been revealed for a new residential development at 5636 North Ashland Avenue in <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/andersonville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andersonville<\/a>. Located mid-block between West Hollywood Avenue and West Olive Avenue, the proposal would replace three multi-unit structures along with their rear garages. The project was presented by the 40th Ward Alderman at a community <a href=\"https:\/\/40thward.org\/2026\/03\/zoning-proposal-5054-58-n-ashland-avenue-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">meeting<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5636-N-Ashland-Ave-02-1024x610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"610\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89373\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site context map of 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5636-N-Ashland-Ave-04-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89371\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site plan of 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are being led by local developer Mackinaw Development LLC, which is also behind a similar proposal down the street at <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/08\/plans-revealed-for-residential-development-at-5056-north-ashland-avenue-in-ravenswood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5056 North Ashland Avenue<\/a> in Ravenswood. Architecture firm MC &amp; Associates is working on the design of the five-story structure, which will rise to just over 60 feet in height.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5636-N-Ashland-Ave-03-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89374\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor plans of 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates<\/p>\n<p>The building will hug the front of the lot, with eight parking spaces located along the rear alley. These will be supplemented by an additional four spaces within a small garage on the north half of the ground floor. A small lobby, several residential units, and a bike parking room will complete the level. The upper floors will contain the remaining 27 residences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5636-N-Ashland-Ave-05-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89369\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elevation of 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates<\/p>\n<p>All units will be two-bedroom layouts, some with small balconies, ranging from 920 to 1,100 square feet. Five of the units will be designated as affordable. All residents will have access to a shared rooftop deck. The brick-clad structure will now require community approval before advancing to the city. 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\/5636-north-ashland-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5636 North Ashland Avenue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/andersonville\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andersonville<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/residential\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residential<\/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 5636 N Ashland Ave by MC &amp; Associates By: Ian Achong 7:45 am on April 5,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-566323","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\/566323","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=566323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}