Chicago neighborhood news — Jan. 19

Moss Design’s first development project is called Logan Certified at 2857 W Diversey Ave.

Our regular collection of current and glossed over news includes 11 stories this week about TOD, preservation, eviction, NIMBYism, redeveloping abandoned housing, and a bigger distillery:

• Moss Design, an architecture firm, ventures into real estate development for the first time, in Logan Square, and details the transformation of a former liquor store into “Logan Certified”
• Emanuel proposes a plan to train residents to rehab about 50 vacant and abandoned houses in unspecified target areas using money leftover from a property tax rebate program (Defender)
• Chicago Public Schools now offers a 2-year construction training program for juniors and seniors called “Chicago Builds”
• A new high-rise in the South Loop has a massive-looking parking podium, around the corner from Roosevelt ‘L’ — is it TOD? (Streetsblog)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation details the story behind a new Kimpton Hotel in a building designed by William Le Baron Jenney that was landmarked 10 years ago
• Residents of a small building in Logan Square are being evicted and are asking for more time; Ald. Moreno may block zoning change for a much larger replacement building if it’s not resolved well (DNAinfo)
• An apartment complex for seniors in Edgewater will now have 12 fewer units because of residents’ complaints, but keep the same number of heated parking spaces (Edgeville Buzz)
• The Urban Institute interviewed Susan Popkin about her book chronicling the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation
• A group of residents disapprove of young professionals paying $1,400 per month in rent at 32-unit proposal who won’t have an “emotional investment” in Bucktown (DNAinfo)
• Koval Distillery buys its building so it can quadruple the size of that facility on Ravenswood and consolidate its other location (Tribune)
• The City Council and the city’s planning department authorized property tax incentives for five companies to buy equipment or expand their businesses; see our Resources page for a list of all incentives

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