Retail-Apartment Development Moving Forward Near Boystown IHOP

A development plannned for the current site of a parking lot at Halsted Street and Bradley Place. (Credit: Ald. James Capplemans Office/Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture)

CHICAGO (CBS) A proposed retail and apartment complex in Boystown still isnt sitting well with its neighbors.

As WBBM Newsradios Lisa Fielding reports, following months of contentious meetings between community members and Ald. Alderman James Cappleman (46th), a plan to build 250 new rental apartments anchored by 46,000 square feet of retail space continues to move forward.

But many neighbors are not happy about it.

LISTEN: WBBM Newsradios Lisa Fielding reports

We are still concerned with the current design and its impact to the neighborhood, including especially the value of units at the Gill Park Co-op. We are in favor of developing the parking lot, but we feel strongly that the current development is still too tall and dense, said Justin Wescott of Halsted Neighbors.

The proposed development would replace the parking lot on the corner of Halsted Street and Bradley Place in Boystown, next to the International House of Pancakes at 3760 N. Halsted St. that is popularly known as the Gayhop.

The parking lot is used by the 24-hour IHOP and the neighboring Faith Tabernacle Church, 3750 N. Halsted St.

Neither the church nor the IHOP would be affected by the construction.

Capplemans Web site displays floor plans and artists renderings for the development, which have been revised since they were first unveiled last fall.

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Retail-Apartment Development Moving Forward Near Boystown IHOP