{"id":791100,"date":"2026-05-12T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/791100\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:00:19","slug":"funding-approved-for-affordable-housing-development-in-east-garfield-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/791100\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding Approved For Affordable Housing Development In East Garfield Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago City Council has approved funding for the mixed-use development at 132 North Kedzie Avenue known as Hub 32. Sitting at the intersection with West Lake Street within <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/east-garfield-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">East Garfield Park<\/a>, the project has been in the works for some years now as part of a multi-lot RFQ issued by the city. The fully affordable project would bring much-needed housing to the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/East-Garfield-Park-RFQ-02-1024x530.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42736\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Multi-site map of East Garfield Park RFQ, current site in center via Chicago DPD<\/p>\n<p>Efforts for the project are being led in collaboration by The Michaels Organization, KMW Communities, and TruDelta Real Estate, along with architecture firms Brook + Scarpa and Studio Dwell. Back in February, <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/2026\/02\/partial-funding-for-hub-32-in-east-garfield-park-moving-forward.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">we reviewed<\/a> the revised plans for the development, which saw a height reduction as it received preliminary funding approval.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hub32-02-1024x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"555\" class=\"size-large wp-image-85057\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ground floor plan of Hub 32 by Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hub32-04-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" class=\"size-large wp-image-85055\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor plan of Hub 32 by Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell<\/p>\n<p>The now five-story structure will occupy the majority of the site and hold 3,800 square feet of commercial space, a lobby space, fitness room, bike parking, and a 12-vehicle parking garage accessed from Lake. The floors above will hold 51 residential units made up of 28 one-bedroom, 16 two-bedroom, and seven three-bedroom layouts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Hub32-03-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" class=\"size-large wp-image-85056\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elevations of Hub 32 by Brooks + Scarpa and Studio Dwell<\/p>\n<p>The $41 million project will feature multiple terraces along its setbacks and be clad in white brick and corrugated metal panels. With the approval, the city can now sell the city-owned lots to the developer for $1, as well as grant the project $13.86 million in TIF money along with other grants. Construction is set to commence in July and be completed by December 2027.<\/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\/132-north-kedzie-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">132 North Kedzie Avenue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/affordable-housing\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Affordable Housing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/east-garfield-park\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">East Garfield Park<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/mixed-use\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed-Use<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoyimby.com\/category\/building\/residential\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Residential<\/a><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":"The Chicago City Council has approved funding for the mixed-use development at 132 North Kedzie Avenue known as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":791101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-791100","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\/116561735881493106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791100","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=791100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/791101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}