Another New Apartment Building May Be Coming to The West Loop

Posted by Leo Clark. on Friday, April 8th, 2022 at 9:40pm.

New West Loop DevelopmentHundreds of new apartments could be coming to the West Loop. Two local developers have proposed a new 36-story apartment building, which could mean 362 more apartments for the area. 

The site sits on South Green Street, close to the Jane Byrne Interchange. It’s currently home to low-rise buildings and a parking lot. 

If all goes through, the new apartment tower will be one of the tallest buildings in the neighborhood. The architect for the 404-foot building is locally based Goettsch Partners.

Plans call for the building to rise up from a three-story podium, which includes some parking spaces. One of the developers, Golub & Co, already has projects in the Loop, South Loop and Streeterville.

The other developer, GSP Development, has ties to Glen Ellyn and Lombard. The two developers still need a zoning change approved before the project can move forward.

If the new apartment tower does happen, it will join a number of other new projects coming to the West Loop. While this particular project sits south of the former meatpacking district, many projects are slated for the Fulton Market District. 

Some figures suggest developers could finish more than 1,800 new apartments in the West Loop over the course of this year and next. Another 9,000 or so are in the planning phase. That’s a considerable number that would actually top the total number of proposed units in all of downtown’s other neighborhoods combined. 

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