{"id":768424,"date":"2026-05-02T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768424\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T15:16:21","slug":"permits-issued-for-residential-development-in-bronzeville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/768424\/","title":{"rendered":"Permits Issued For Residential Development In Bronzeville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/545-East-Oakwood-Boulevard-01-777x431.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Rendering of 545 E Oakwood Blvd by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/author\/ian\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Achong<\/a> 7:45 am on May 2, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Additional details have been revealed as permits have been issued for the upcoming residential development at 545 East Oakwood Boulevard in <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/bronzeville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bronzeville<\/a>. Sitting on the corner with South Vincennes Avenue near Mandrake Park, the proposal will replace the existing Holy Angels School building, which has been closed for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/545-East-Oakwood-Boulevard-02-1024x661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site plan of 545 E Oakwood Blvd by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p>Just over a year ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2025\/01\/pending-permit-that-would-demolish-1912-bronzeville-school-could-be-void-with-property-back-up-for-sale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we covered<\/a> when the previous developer of the site had put the school and its surrounding land up for sale after receiving a demolition permit. Since then, a new owner has taken over the property under an LLC tied to the site\u2019s address. They plan to continue building the previously approved plans revealed in 2024, having now received a full building permit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/545-East-Oakwood-Boulevard-03-1024x468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"468\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90279\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor plans of 545 E Oakwood Blvd by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Hanna Architects, the structure would stand four stories above ground, with a partially sunken garden level below. The 60-foot-tall building would feature a sawtooth facade along Vincennes as the road angles, allowing for multiple columns of balconies for the units inside. In total, there will be 47 residences made up of one- and two-bedroom layouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/545-East-Oakwood-Boulevard-04-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90278\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elevation of 545 E Oakwood Blvd by Hanna Architects<\/p>\n<p>The brick-clad structure will also feature cast-stone accents and follow a similar motif to many of the area\u2019s historic three-flats. Additionally, residents will have access to a small eight-vehicle parking lot in the rear. While no timeline is currently known, a general contractor has been selected, and demolition of the lead-contaminated school is still needed.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/g_VSUf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong><\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fchicagoyimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Follow<\/strong><\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Like<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Follow<\/strong><\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/545-east-oakwood-boulevard\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">545 East Oakwood Boulevard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/bronzeville\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronzeville<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/residential\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residential<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rendering of 545 E Oakwood Blvd by Hanna Architects By: Ian Achong 7:45 am on May 2, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":768425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-768424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116505647307596552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}