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Projects

Encuentro Square

Photography © Canopy Architects
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Market
Residential
Type
Ground Up | High-Performance
Architect
Canopy Architects
  • Affordable housing development located at the old Magid Glove factory site at 3745 W. Cortland Street in Chicago, which has sat vacant since the late 2000s
  • Construction of two cast-in-place concrete apartment buildings featuring one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, as well as associated site work
  • Four-story, 46,520-SF, 32-unit building and a six-story, 75,850-SF, 57-unit building
  • Community spaces, resident-only amenity spaces, teaching kitchen, computer lab, outdoor recreational spaces, and other amenities
  • Two new parking lots with 57 total spaces for tenant only parking
  • Project funded through multiple financing sources, including LIHTC tax credits (twin (4% and 9%), TIF, and HOME
  • Joint venture with All Construction
  • Energy Star Multi-family New Construction and Enterprise Green Communities Certification
  • 2025 Gold Award (Affordable Housing), Multi-Housing News
  • Chicago Building Congress Merit Award Finalist
  • 2025 Illinois RE Journal Real Estate Awards Finalist

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Mike Mastin

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