{"id":568012,"date":"2026-04-06T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568012\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:48:10","slug":"details-revealed-for-residential-conversion-in-edgewater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568012\/","title":{"rendered":"Details Revealed For Residential Conversion In Edgewater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Initial details have been revealed for the residential redevelopment of the historic mixed-use structure at 5252 North Broadway in <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/edgewater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Edgewater<\/a>. The building sits on the corner of West Berwyn Avenue, just steps away from the Jewel-Osco and the newly reconstructed Berwyn CTA station. The plan was revealed by 48th Ward Alderwoman Manaa-Hoppenworth.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Davis-Building-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"692\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89410\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site context map of Davis Building via Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed the Davis Building, the structure dates back to 1919 and has gone through multiple uses before becoming relatively vacant, aside from its two ground-floor retail tenants. These are The Lost Hours coffee shop and Edgewater Pottery, both of which will remain post-construction. The building was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crer.com\/properties\/5256-n-broadway-st-chicago-il-60640-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sold<\/a> for around $3.5 million earlier this year to its new developer, Esteep.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Davis-Building-02-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89406\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Davis Building via CRER<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Davis-Building-05-1024x786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"786\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89403\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Davis Building via CRER<\/p>\n<p>The team is working with Studio Dwell Architects to demolish most of the interior structure, add new framing and plumbing risers, rewire the electrical system, and install insulation, data connectivity, and a sprinkler system, while also restoring the exterior facade. This will allow for the creation of 14 family-sized residential units across the two upper levels.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Davis-Building-01-1024x701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" class=\"size-large wp-image-89407\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Davis Building via CRER<\/p>\n<p>These units will consist of 10 two-bedroom and four three-bedroom layouts, none of which will be designated as affordable, as the project does not require a zoning change. Additionally, a small ground-floor bike room will be added. Work is expected to commence in the coming weeks, with ETI Construction serving as the contractor for the $3 million project. No opening 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\/5252-north-broadway\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">5252 North Broadway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/edgewater\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edgewater<\/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":"Initial details have been revealed for the residential redevelopment of the historic mixed-use structure at 5252 North Broadway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568013,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-568012","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\/568012","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=568012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}