The Chicago real estate landscape will be getting an entirely new community in the future, and that community will qualify for the nation’s first sustainable rating system for green neighborhoods.
Lakeside is a proposed community to be built along Lake Michigan on Chicago’s South Side where the U.S. Steel’s South Works manufacturing plant used to sit.
The 500-acre site will include enough single-family homes and high-rise units for 50,000 residents, retail and entertainment space, a marina and a new high school.
The Chicago Lakeside Development Master Plan is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) certified community from the U.S. Green Building Council and will include these environmentally friendly features:
*Large open spaces, compact walkable neighborhoods and access to bike paths and public transportation.
*1.7 miles of additional lakefront access, 91 acres of lakefront park and 125 acres of green space.
*On-site and off-shore wind development.
*Geothermal/lake water cooling.
*Solar panel inclusion.
*An innovative stormwater management plan.
Want to learn more about this new community? Read our story:
Untapped Chicago Real Estate About to Bloom
Then, check back to Chicagoland Real Estate Forum for updates on this exciting project.
