The proposed development for 111 S. Peoria contradicts all of the recommendations and development guidelines in the Near West Side Plan still on the City Planning Website

1. Here Are Excerpts from the REAL Near West Side Area
Plan Still on the City Website
Residential Use:
Residential rehabilitation and construction comprises
the majority of development initiatives on the Near
West Side. Over fifty projects have recently been
completed, are currently underway, and/or are
planned. Overall, approximately 4,000 new and/or
rehabilitated residential units have been developed,
planned, or proposed. Most of these projects have
involved loft condominiums.
As the area continues to grow there is a need to
diversify housing opportunities with various sizesand
building types including townhouses, single-family
houses, and affordable housing alternatives. Also,
future residential development needs to be designed
to create linkages with adjacent streets to promote
the unique urban character ofthe community.
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Preservation
Buildings should be preserved and renovated where
possible to maintain existing building walls along
streets.
Rehabilitation/renovation should be sensitive to the
original architectural character of the building and
surrounding area.
Height
New buildings should not be more than 25% higher
than the average height of buildings on surrounding
blocks to maintain the general scale of an urban
industrial loft district,excepton the properties abutting
the Kennedy Expressway.
If tall buildings are developed along the Expressways,
they should be stepped back away from adjacent
streets, approximately 50 feet above ground level to
provide a transition to surrounding buildings.
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varying heights, the transition or step down between
buildings should be considered in the overall height
and design ofthe new buildings.
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111 S. Peoria is NOT ”in substantial compliance with underlying FAR (“floor
area ratio” the measure for density). 111 S. Peoria DOES use a PD
(“planned development) “to up-zone” its site. The zoning requested tears
the “fabric” of “the scale of the existing building(s). 111 S. Peoria offers
luxury condos not typical “family-sized units.”