Harvest Commons Apartments
- Preservation Planning
- Commercial
- Residential
- Adaptive Reuse
- Building Envelope
- Cultural Resources
After falling into disrepair and closing nearly a decade before the project began, the structure wore signs of its transformations: first, an “apartment hotel” and later as an SRO under the Viceroy Hotel. McGuire Igleski worked with the architectural team to prepare Part II and Part III of the Historic Preservation Tax Credit application to support the developer with their diligent preservation and rehabilitation of the building into affordable housing. McGuire Igleski reviewed the proposed scope of work and ultimately the finished construction to gain approvals from the State Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service to certify that the project met the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Photos: Will Quam
Chicago, Illinois
Heartland Housing
50,000 SF (historic building only)
Landon Bone Baker Architects
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
AIA Illinois Crombie Taylor Honor Award
Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence
Urban Land Institute Vision Award Winner
Distinguished Building Award, AIA Chicago
J. Timothy Anderson Award for Excellence in Historic Rehabilitation: Most Innovative Adaptive Reuse
Opened in 1930 as the Union Park Hotel, this six-story, terracotta-and-brick building on Chicago’s Near West Side is a Chicago Landmark and classic example of Art Deco architecture. Originally built as a residential hotel for “modern living,” the building has experienced several transformations reflecting the cycles of growth, decline, and renewal of the Near West Side neighborhood.