C40/Garfield Green ProjectFifth & KedzieNeighborhood Update with Alderman Jason Ervin

December 21, 2020

Agenda

• Welcome – Alderman Ervin• Introduction to POAH & team• Competition and how we got here• Development overview• What we’ve heard so far• Timeline• Ongoing opportunities for feedback and information

www.c40garfieldpark.org or text Yes to (773) 694-4131 to follow the website and updates

• Questions and Answers

Development Team

• Owner/Developer: – Preservation of Affordable

Housing, Inc.

• Property Manager– POAH Communities

• Architects:– Perkins & Will– Nia Architects (MBE)

• Contractor: – Project will be competitively bid in 2021

• POAH is a nonprofit housing developer with offices in Chicago, Boston and Washington DC

• We own and manage 12,000 apartments in 11 states.

• POAH Communities is our professional property management affiliate.

• Visit us at: poahchicago.org and poahcommunities.com

Who is POAH?

POAH in Chicago

• POAH owns and manages 2,000 mixed-income apartments in Chicago market

• Active in a dozen neighborhoods and communities –north, south and west.

• Chicago work began in 2009 in Woodlawn, where we led a mixed-use, mixed-income, preservation-driven renewal

How we got here

Design concept: Looking east down Fifth Avenue

A residential community

• Sustainable, equitable, community-driven and serving• Phase 1 will have 40-50 rental apartments and 5,500 sf of retail• Phase II will be 30-35 owner-occupied units and 3,500 sf of retail• Mixed income and affordable, priority for legacy residents,

priority for neighborhood-serving retail

Design concept: Looking at south building across Fifth Avenue

Community Benefits

• Construction jobs forcommunity residents

• Priority for Black-owned contractors;exceed City requirements

• Priority for Black-owned retail tenants

• Leasing outreach and priority for existing Garfield Park residents for both phases

What we’ve learned so far• Growing level of community support and engagement• Ideas for building design, business recruitment and retention• Support for contemporary design in neighborhood context

PHASE 1Building concept: Looking east down Fifth Avenue at south building

We need continued guidance• Building design • Retail mix and recruitment• Unit mix, affordability levels

Concept design: Looking north up Kedzie Avenue at south building

Development Timeline

• Summer 2020 – ongoing – online survey, small virtual meetings and calls, distanced door-knocking, office hours, updates www.c40garfieldpark.org,

• Winter 2021 – Continued community engagement, ongoing design revisions and zoning application

• Spring 2021– Housing and affordability trainings, job/contractor recruitment, ongoing design revisions

• Summer 2021 – Building permit application • Fall 2021 – Construction begins• Summer 2022 – Leasing begins

Concept design: North building

Thank you for staying engaged!

• Watch for dates for:• Continued community review for design and sustainability• Affordable housing - leasing and shared ownership trainings

• Reach out to schedule a conversation or virtual meeting• (312) 235-2352• c40chicago@poah.org

• Updates, feedback opportunities, eventual leasing information -www.c40garfieldpark.org

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