CTA Red and Purple Line Modernization Transit-Oriented Development Plan

— CTA Red and Purple Line Modernization Transit-Oriented Development Plan

Navy Pier Centennial Vision Design Competition LO CAT I O N

Chicago, IL

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Preparing for the Future The Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Red and Purple Line Modernization (RPM) Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan encompasses roughly 200 acres of existing urban fabric across three Chicago north side neighborhoods. The TOD plan focuses on parcels acquired to support the Phase One track construction efforts and facilitation of subsequent disposition of the parcels after the project is complete.

The TOD Plan provides the CTA with a series of tools to expedite redevelopment of these properties and to facilitate coordination with invested government agencies, residents, and other stakeholders. Key plan outcomes include: — Detailed market analysis and real estate pro forma to ensure a balanced and realistic development approach.

— Zoning analysis and recommendations to support development concepts.

— Historic preservation review and recommendations.

— Community and market supported redevelopment concepts for nine CTA-owned parcels.

— Urban design recommendations for an improved pedestrian experience and access to transit.

— Draft developer requests for proposals.

Belmont

Lawrence Argyle

Berwyn

Bryn Mawr

A Community-Led Vision, Reinforced

by Market Realities Community outreach and engagement was a critical component of the planning process for the TOD Plan. The SCB team worked with CTA to organize a variety of engagement sessions including small group meetings, public town halls, and interactive workshops with residents, community groups, business owners, Aldermen, the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, and the Chicago Department of Transportation.

These sessions sought to identify neighborhood preferences, needs, and goals, to help inform the redevelopment concepts for the sites. Several community priorities emerged from the sessions including the importance of preserving neighborhood character, and a desire for developments to be quickly implemented after the completion of the track construction.

The design team balanced the community’s goals with market trends identified through a detailed real estate market analysis that provided demographic, economic, and development context to the study sites. A detailed real estate proforma was also developed by the team to test the design concept’s financial feasibility and alignment with the City of Chicago’s regulatory requirements.

Together, this process provided both the community and the CTA with an understanding of neighborhood residential and commercial development potential.

Big Picture By studying the physical, social, and economic context of the neighborhoods, the team outlined a holistic and realistic vision for future development. A set of guiding principles informed by the existing conditions analysis, market analysis, public meetings, and surveys provided a broad framework for the site development concepts.

Overview of TOD Plan Principles: 1.

Encourage cultural, generational, economic, and family composition diversity.

2.

Seek commercial, retail, and civic uses that will increase district vitality.

3.

Focus on quality and appropriate scale of future neighborhood development.

4.

Pursue environmentally sustainable and economically viable development opportunities.

5.

Improve the public realm to encourage walking, biking and increase safety.

6.

Incorporate a mix of housing choices, including more affordable housing options.

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BROADWAY

ARDMORE

TRANSITION FROM AUTO-ORIENTED BUSINESS TO HIGH DENSITY MIXED-USE

HOLLYWOOD

RID

BUILDING GROUND FLOOR USE

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BRYN MAWR

CATALPA KENMORE

BUILD UPON NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL AND SERVICES

MAGNOLIA

BALMORAL

OPPORTUNITY FOR LARGER SCALE RETAIL WITH ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR BERWYN USES ADJACENT TO SIDEWALK

WINTHROP

SHERIDAN

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CARMEN

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WINNEMAC

FOSTER

CONTINUE TO INCORPORATE LOCAL RETAIL

WINONA

ARGYLE

WINTHROP

ARGYLE

Retail + Commercial

Commercial-Office Commercial-Auto-Oriented Business Commercial-Storage

LAWRENCE

CTA Redevelopment Site

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LELAND

Entertainment + Dining

Commercial-Service

INCORPORATE OFFICE FOR ACTIVE DAYTIME USE

RACINE

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Retail

AINSLIE

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Source: SCB, 2016

375

750

Residential

1,500 Feet

Date: 10/13/2017 10/16/2017

Preserve and Enhance The study area encompasses four local historic districts, one National Historic Landmark District, and one building listed as a local historic property. Where possible, the CTA and the community sought to protect historic structures and incorporated the buildings into future redevelopment plans. The SCB team prepared Historic Preservation Plans for three of the historic districts and ensured that the proposed development concepts responded to the existing scale and character of the neighborhood.

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W. NEWPORT

NEWPORT AVE

NEW ACCESS

SETBACK

COMMERCIAL

13’

RK

CLA ST

SHEFFIELD AVE

LOADING SUPPORT

ROSCOE ST

0'

25'

50'

ALLEY

RESIDENTIAL (Vautravers)

Before, During, and After The early stages of the planning process included a detailed review of preliminary track engineering plans to help the CTA coordinate track design with future land uses, in order to maximize redevelopment opportunities for each site. The SCB team developed guidelines to inform the design of the track structure so that key structural elements wouldn’t hinder the sites from being developed or unintentionally impact the public realm in a negative way. These guidelines included delineation of interim site access locations, requirements for site preparation, the preferred locations of structural elements within the public way, preservation of key access and loading locations, and requirements for under-track alley connections.

Today

Interim

Future

Redevelop and Thrive Each individual site concept brings together the community’s vision, technical constraints of the track expansion project, and the financial analysis. Each concept relates to its immediate context, resulting in nine unique and diverse solutions that address the scale of the neighborhood and provide for adequate density to attract investment by private developers. The mixed use and residential building concepts offer a wide variety of housing choices and price points to meet the communities goals. The TOD plan puts forth a vision that encourages implementation as soon as sites become available, and minimizes the time properties will sit vacant in these prime neighborhood locations.

A TOD Planning Grant award by the Federal Transit Administration to the CTA funded the planning study.

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