
The 23-story, 245-unit “3Eleven” apartment tower goes here, on the east end of the 300 block of West Illinois Street.
Thursday, the Chicago Plan Commission gave its approval for a multi-dimensional project involving the Assumption Catholic Church and grounds at 311 West Illinois Street.
The big addition to the neighborhood would be 3Eleven, a 23-story apartment tower designed by friends-of-the-blog FitzGerald Associates, in what is now a surface parking lot on the southwest corner of Illinois and Franklin Streets. Developer John Buck Company wants to put 245 units in the tower, including studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. There will also be ground-level retail space, and 109 parking spaces included with the tower.
On the other side of the church, which isn’t going anywhere, a one-story addition will be added to the existing priory by the Order of Friar Servants. McBride Kelley Brauer Architects is handing the priory expansion. MKB is the firm behind the 4-level addition to The Moody Church in Old Town.
- Rendering of 3Eleven (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Rendering of 3Eleven (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Rendering of 3Eleven (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Rendering of 3Eleven (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Rendering of priory (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Rendering of 3Eleven (Courtesy of FitzGerald Associates Architects)
- Assumption Catholic Church.
- This courtyard between the church and priory will get improved landscaping.
- The site from an L train.
Location: 311 West Illinois Street, River North