Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot announced a solar-powered, 302,000-square-foot industrial complex and a pair of community innovation centers is the winning proposal to revitalize 21 acres of City-owned land at 4300 W. Roosevelt Road in North Lawndale. “Chicago’s central location has long made it a prime location for industrial operations,” said Mayor Lightfoot. “Through this exciting and sustainable new project, supported by our INVEST South/West initiative, we will be able to not only build on this reputation, but bring lucrative freight and logistics jobs and a community innovation space to our North Lawndale community. I want to congratulate Related Midwest and 548 Development for their winning proposal and look forward to breaking ground and cutting the ribbon to their project in the near future.”

The $38.4 million project by 548 Development and Related Midwest will leverage the location’s strengths for freight and logistics with a pair of industrial structures: a 153,460-square-foot building with 31 dock spaces on the northern portion of the property, and a 148,680-square-foot-building with 31 dock spaces on the southern portion of the property. The site will also include a North Lawndale Innovation Center, which will provide two buildings for community-based retail, workforce training, and office uses in partnership with local community organizations. An adjoining community park will offer outdoor gathering space for the community, and Chicago muralist Max Sansing will design and create exterior mural art along Roosevelt Road. “548 Development is proud to partner with Related Midwest to redevelop this site in line with a vision that lifts up the neighborhood and creates enormous opportunity,” said AJ Patton, Partner at 548 Development. “We will create a facility that will be economically empowering for the community of North Lawndale and a hub for the community to learn, thrive and grow.”