Chicago will soon welcome the KLEO Art Residences, a $23.5 million artists residence development in the Washington Park neighborhood. Located at the southwest corner of Garfield Boulevard and Michigan Avenue, the four-story project will include 58 units for artists and families and 5,000 square feet of retail and artist studio spaces on the ground floor. The project is being developed by Brin Life Center LLC and KLEO Community Life Center. The L-shaped building will feature a translucent facade designed to provide residents with ample sunlight during the day and give the structure a glow in the evening hours. Forty-nine of the residential units will be rented to households at 60 percent of area median income with the remaining nine units offered at market rents. Amenities will include a fitness room, bike storage, community space and on-site parking.

KLEO Art Residences will further enhance the Garfield Boulevard corridor. The project will create an iconic gateway to the Washington Park community, complementing the larger neighborhood redevelopment initiatives currently underway, including the University of Chicago’s Arts + Public Life Initiative’s Arts Block project, led by renowned Chicago artist Theaster Gates. The project aims to boost Garfield Boulevard through cultural, civic and commercial spaces and programs. A $1.8 million arts incubator was constructed in 2013 adjacent to the historic station house in an abandoned, historic two-story terra-cotta building. Just north on Michigan Ave. is the Rosenwald Courts development, the $132 million rehabilitation and restoration of a historic building and more than 200 one- and two-bedroom units for seniors and families. Opening later this year to the south is the new Jewel-Osco grocery store and drive-through pharmacy on the northwest corner of 61st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. The new store will bring high-quality fresh food options to the Woodlawn community.