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Latest blog post Saturday, September 11, 2021

Cityscape has the maps you need to locate where new ARO rules apply
by Steven Vance

City Council adopted a new version of the Affordable Requirements Ordinance (ARO) earlier this year, establishing “ARO 2021”. The rules goes into effect for most residential projects that are granted a zoning change on or after October 1, 2021. The basic trigger for requiring ARO compliance hasn’t changed: a residential development that builds or substantially rehabs 10 or more dwelling units, uses TIF money, or is built on city-owned property.

After the trigger, however, the ARO 2021 rules are drastically different than the ARO 2015 rules. First of all, the Near North/Near West and Milwaukee Corridor pilot areas, established in 2017, and their unique rules are eliminated for new developments.

Secondly, whereas ARO 2015 had three area types, ARO 2021 divides Chicago into five types...

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The restoration of North Pond has five components according to the Lakefront Protection Ordinance application for the project: "dredging of the pond to deepen it and improve water quality, grade and restore the pond edge to reduce erosion and run-off, plant the edge with native plants to capture and filter runoff and provide additional native habitat, reduce the pond’s reliance on city water by lining the pond and installing underdrains to direct stormwater to the pond, and add additional park amenities for the pubic to further enjoy the pond."

A permitted 12-unit condo building that is replacing a car parking lot.

"Lawndale Redefined" is the selected winner for the INVEST South/West RFP for a city-owned parcel* in North Lawndale. The larger building will have 60 mixed-income apartments with three for-sale townhouses behind. *One lot is privately owned but the city has authority to acquire it.

Updated and clearer renderings of a proposed residential and hotel development. The difference: The shorter tower, for the hotel, has grown one floor to 24 floors and increased from 314 rooms to 405 rooms.

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New construction permits pulled in Chicago in the last 2 months since Sunday, July 18th, 2021

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