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Location
5000 S. Indiana Map
Owner
Affordable Housing Preservation Foundation
Architect
Piekarz Associates PC
Washington Park SRO is a renovation of a 50-year old, 5-story, 200 unit SRO and recreational facility into a 100% affordable 63 unit SRO with plans for a future health club. Prior to beginning this renovation, the building sat vacant for two years after the Washington Park YMCA closed due to cost overruns.
Location
6501 N. Kenmore Map
Owner
Loyola University Chicago
Architect
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The Loyola Information Commons is a 4-story, 67,000 sf 'library without books'. This is probably the most cutting-edge commercial green project currently underway in Chicago, because it seeks to integrate the architecture and engineering systems in a manner only widely seen in Europe. This is surely partly due to the German firm Transsolar's role as indoor climate consultant. The project is seeking LEED Silver certification.
Location
610 S Michigan Map
Owner
Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies
Architect
Krueck + Sexton Architects
The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies is a 10-story, 155,000 sf mixed-use building located in the landmark South Michigan Avenue streetwall. This project doesn't boldly announce its green qualities to the world, but rather meets many competing and complex demands of the site, client, program, and an innovative design. I like that this shows that not all green projects have to have a primary focus on being green. The building is a replacement for the institute's current building, which is adjacent to the new site. The institute has more detailed information on the project here. The project has received a fair amount of publicity, including Blair Kamin's article on approval of the design.
Location 
1825 W Wabansia Map
Owner
Frank and Lisa Mauceri
Smog Veil Records
Architect
Wilkinson Blender Architecture
The Mauceri Residence is a 2-story, 5,600 sf renovation of an existing masonry building into a live/work single family home. This is one of several higher-budget residential projects demonstrating many unusual green elements, including 3 Aerotecture wind turbines, 30 solar electric panels, and geothermal heating and cooling.
