{"id":7318,"date":"2025-07-13T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7318\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:08:06","slug":"updated-details-revealed-for-briar-street-theater-redevelopment-in-lake-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/7318\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Details Revealed For Briar Street Theater Redevelopment In Lake View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated details have been revealed for the mixed-use redevelopment of the former Briar Street Theater in <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/lake-view\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Lake View<\/a>. Located at 3133 North Halsted Street, the project was <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/05\/plans-revealed-for-redevelopment-of-briar-street-theater-in-lake-view.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">initially introduced<\/a> just over a month ago. Now, developer <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/jab-real-estate\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">JAB Real Estate<\/a> has presented slightly revised plans to the local community in hopes of gaining aldermanic approval.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3133-N-Halsted-Street-04-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" class=\"size-large wp-image-80877\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site view of 3133 N Halsted Street by Moth Architects<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3133-N-Halsted-Street-05-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" class=\"size-large wp-image-80876\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Previous (left) \u2013 current (right) renderings by Moth Architects<\/p>\n<p>The brick-clad theater most recently hosted a 30-year-long residency by the Blue Man Group. Originally built in 1901 as a stable for Marshall Field\u2019s horse fleet, the building has undergone various changes since then. Moth Architects has now been brought on board to design a five-story structure that incorporates the existing fa\u00e7ade and extends into the parking lot to the south.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3133-N-Halsted-Street-06-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" class=\"size-large wp-image-80875\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">First and second floor plan of 3133 N Halsted Street by Moth Architects<\/p>\n<p>Some of the main changes from the previous iteration include a new design for the portion above the theater fa\u00e7ade, the removal of a setback on the southern expansion, and a rearrangement of the front balconies. However, these changes do not affect the total unit count of 66, which will consist of 45 one-bedroom, 19 two-bedroom, and two three-bedroom layouts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3133-N-Halsted-Street-03-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" class=\"size-large wp-image-80878\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Updated rendering of 3133 N Halsted Street by Moth Architects<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3133-N-Halsted-Street-01-1024x756.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"756\" class=\"size-large wp-image-80880\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Updated rendering of 3133 N Halsted Street by Moth Architects<\/p>\n<p>The project will be required to provide 13 affordable units\u201410 of which will be located on-site, with a fee paid in lieu of the remaining three. Supporting the residences will be 1,200 square feet of retail space along Halsted, a 14-vehicle parking garage at the rear of the southern half, a small fitness room on the second floor, a lounge, and a rooftop deck.<\/p>\n<p>The development must still receive aldermanic approval before proceeding to the city for zoning approval. At this time, no project 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\/3133-n-halsted-street\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3133 N Halsted Street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/jab-real-estate\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAB Real Estate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/lake-view\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lake View<\/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\/moth-architects\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Moth Architects<\/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":"Updated details have been revealed for the mixed-use redevelopment of the former Briar Street Theater in Lake View.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-7318","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\/7318","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=7318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}