July 26, 2023

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Structured Development Celebrates Opening Of Wendelin Park

Chicago YIMBY


A grand opening event celebrated Structured Development’s completion of Wendelin Park, a mixed-income community with publicly accessible green space and an art installation in the heart of Lincoln Park’s Clybourn Corridor.


Taylor Johnson client Structured Development recently cut the ribbon on Wendelin Park, its mixed-income development on a former industrial site in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The community features three residential buildings oriented around a new publicly accessible park: The Seng, a 34-unit all-affordable condominium building that is the largest of its kind built in Chicago; Post Chicago, the city’s largest co-living community, with 431 beds; and Foundry, a 27-story, 327-unit market-rate apartment tower. The centerpiece of the new green space is a striking 20-foot sculpture by Chicago artist Ruth Aizuss Migdal. Taylor Johnson’s promotion of the grand opening event resulted in coverage in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago YIMBYConnect CRE Chicago & MidwestREjournalsREBusinessOnline and Urbanize Chicago.




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National Net Lease Summit

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REjournals Golf Open

Tuesday, August 1, 2023


NAA Rental Housing Advocacy And Legal Summit (RHALS)

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IREM 2023 Golf Outing

Monday, August 7, 2023


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