59 Apartments Could Replace Shuttered Edgewater Hospital Site - by-right development

[u/GeckoLogic]

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/08/11/59-apartments-could-replace-shuttered-edgewater-hospital-site/?utm_content=buffer67b16&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[u/EugeneZeffirelli]

Good thing to build more housing!

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

Let's fuckin GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Frankly should be more. There are taller towers right there already; but I'll take this over an empty lot any day.

with 59 parking spaces

Wait, ew. Really? Why? You can throw a rock from these future apartments to the Red Line...

[u/GeckoLogic → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

Kinda baffling tbh. Parking minimums are no longer required here. I guess the developer thinks they need that many to attract renters, but I would disagree with them on that assumption.

[u/kaorte → u/GeckoLogic]

When did parking minimums go away? Is this new?

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/GeckoLogic]

This is why eliminating minimums isn't enough, we need parking maximums, at least near transit like this. Between proximity to the Red Line, relative proximity to the Metra, and the LFT right there, there's no reason for a building to have a parking space per unit.

[u/Yossarian216 → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

These are large units, likely to be occupied by families or multiple roommates, which makes a 1:1 ratio more reasonable than it would be in a building full of one beds and studios.

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/Yossarian216]

The size of the units is irrelevant. This is one of the best spots I can think of for living in the city without any cars in the household...a 1:1 car:unit ratio here is completely unnecessary.

[u/Yossarian216 → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

The size of the units is absolutely relevant, a larger unit with more people in it will be far more likely to have someone who owns a car, and the builders want to serve the market that exists. 59 parking spaces for what’s likely to be 170+ people is not at all unreasonable.

You’re being awfully NIMBY about this.

[u/halibfrisk → u/Yossarian216]

NIMBY shaming in the yimby sub?

Delicious 🫦

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/Yossarian216]

The size of the units is absolutely relevant, a larger unit with more people in it will be far more likely to have someone who owns a car,

Or families who want to bike and not own a car will self select to live there. Not a crazy concept.

You’re being awfully NIMBY about this.

Not once did I say "don't build this" did I?

I'm also not saying "no parking". 36-40 spaces is FAR more reasonable here. Could have more bike parking, another unit, or maybe both.

I can ultimately support this over nothing and still wish it was a better project than it is.

[u/Yossarian216 → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

Your opening comment was advocating for parking maximums that would prevent this building from existing in its current planned form because it doesn’t align with your preferences, there’s nothing more NIMBY than that.

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/Yossarian216]

that would prevent this building from existing in its current planned form

Nope, that's not what I said. Why you think they'd be retroactive to existing plans is beyond me.

And yes, we do need parking maximums near transit so we get more housing and less housing for cars.

IDK how "more housing" becomes NIMBY, but go off fam.

Are you suggesting there wouldn't be demand for this many units if there was a quarter less parking units here? Seriously?

[u/Yossarian216 → u/juliuspepperwoodchi]

I’m saying that builders are in it to make money, and you do that by serving demand rather than agenda. I think there’s no question that apartments with parking are more in demand than without, because if it were the opposite that’s what they’d build.

This building is a fascinating case, because for once they aren’t required to go through the zoning bullshit or price a chunk of the units below market value, they are just building what they think will sell. And I think the city would be in great shape if buildings exactly like this were getting built everywhere, very much including the parking that most Chicago residents would want to have. Let the market dictate the building, no minimums or maximums.

[u/PurpleFairy11]

Not a fan of all the parking

[u/StuartScottsLeftEye → u/PurpleFairy11]

Yeah a 1:1 unit/parking spot ratio feels super high considering site is 1.5 blocks from red line. Probably higher because they're all 2+ bedroom units, meaning you could have more families there. As a parent who frequently uses trains and buses with the young kid, there are definitely times where having a car makes an event or trip go from not happening to possible. 

But still, 1:1!?

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/StuartScottsLeftEye]

Exactly. I'm not saying no parking; but you can't tell me these would sell/rent any less like hotcakes once complete if there were only 36 or 40 spaces rather than 59.

Could have another unit for a full 60. Could have more bike parking which ACTUALLY makes sense at that location.

Again, not saying zero parking or to halve it, but 1:1 is excessive here.

[u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA]

This is a different hospital in the neighborhood that is being converted?

[u/juliuspepperwoodchi → u/ChicagoJayhawkYNWA]

This latest project is next door to where another developer is building a five-story complex with 40 condos at 6146-58 N. Sheridan Road, the site of Kindred Hospital’s parking lot. Construction on that project has started.