New Designs Show Rooftop Pool, 150 Apartments in Wrigleyville

Developers behind the nearby Lake View Addison Park on Clark complex are back again, this time with new designs detailing fewer apartments, more parking and a rooftop pool.

M&R Development and RMK Management Corp. presented their new plans at a recent Southport Neighbors Association meeting, detailing changes like expanding the sidewalks, DNAinfo Chicago reports.

It’s all centered on the southeast intersection of Addison and Clark Streets. The project is downsizing the number of apartments from 170 to 148 while increasing the number of parking spaces from 380 to nearly 500. That’s combined with nearly 170,000-square-feet of retail space.

New designs also show an increase of the building’s height by just two feet, making the tallest portion of Addison Park on Clark 93-feet tall. Developers, however, say the highest points are set back from the street to fit in better with the surrounding Wrigleyville neighborhood.

“Ensuring the structure and design of Addison Park on Clark integrates with the surrounding buildings and community has always been priority,” they wrote on their website. “The revised plans increase setbacks from the perimeter of the building. Upper floors along Clark Street will be placed more than 45 feet from the perimeter.”

XSport Fitness, a health club chain, is also still in talks to take over a large portion of the development. Ald. Tom Tunney’s office told Patch in January other retailers like 7-Eleven and CVS might also fill street-level retail storefronts. Developer Tony Rossi later told DNAinfo retailers would likely be restaurants and bars.

Things may be moving along, but at one point Addison Park on Clark almost failed completely. The project’s planned development was approved in 2010, but the developer dodged a complete foreclosure on the property in 2012 when he refinanced the site with a $9.1 million loan.

They then restructured the plan, moving away from a hotel on the property toward more apartments and a potential deal with XSport.

Developers aim to gain full city approval this fall, with construction starting the spring of 2014.