Not all that urban a development, but this one came out of nowhere. A development that did not require a rezoning or any kind of incentives is going up at
1921 West Holmes west of Logan Square on the southside. It's a three building project consisting of 30 townhomes around a central parking courtyard.
https://bsaonline.com/CD_PropertySea...ype=56&uid=384
What makes it notable aside from its location where you don't see a lot of new development is that this is on a
2 acres parcel in the middle of the city that held a single family home. The lots in this area are kind of peculiar and point to them likely having been grandfathered in, since all but this one are zoned for single family homes despite being anywhere from a bit over 600 feet deep to over
1,300 feet in depth. Very obviously in the middle of a city these kind of dimensions waste A LOT of space.
The lot this is being built on is the widest and the only one zoned for multi-family. Everything to the east will have to eventually be combined and rezoned if they want to increase density, because the current zoning and widths of the other lots preclude multi-family housing. The city never ran streets through area to intersect with Holmes, so what you've got a mess of different land uses and density.