Lawndale ReDefined supports the community’s requested amenities as identified by a Neighborhood Roundtable formed in Spring 2020 consisting of representatives from city agencies, aldermanic offices, neighborhood organizations, small businesses, and resident groups. The development is centered around a broad open plaza called The Square which will showcase the area to those traveling down Ogden Avenue while providing a space for community gathering.

The Square is a broad, human-scale plaza with amenities for all age groups, featuring a misting sculpture, unique lighting and seating designs, and local artwork. Lawndale ReDefined also includes 48 affordable apartments, 12 market-rate apartments, three homeownership townhouses, retail, a small-scale grocer, and two restaurants. A permanent wellness and history exhibit flows throughout The Square, spanning the development with a walking trail that celebrates Lawndale’s important history and represents its promising path to the future.

Rising from The Square is a building of modern architecture that embodies Lawndale’s future, a tech and innovation center called The Cube, an innovative place designed for community transformation: to learn jobs skills of the future, start a business, and for community meetings and entertainment – a new destination for the rest of Chicago.

To ensure continued meaningful connections and outreach with the neighborhood residents, the team has partnered with the community organizations, Black Men United, West Side Branch of the NAACP, Habilitative Systems and Westside Small Business Development Corporation along with additional organizations identified through collaboration with the Community Roundtable.

The overall design and goal of Lawndale Redefined is hyper-focused on improving the quality of life for families and residents of all ages to make city living more convenient, walkable, and fun with places to live well work, shop, dine, relax, dance under the stars, watch a movie, make a splash and to celebrate North Lawndale’s proud history while moving boldly into its next chapter.