W E D N E S D A Y
January 8, 2025 Vol. 45, No. 27
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of Oak Park and River Forest
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10-story building pitched for Boulevard Arcade parking lot South Boulevard building designated as landmark in 2007
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Streetscape looking south along 1031-35 South Boulevard in Oak Park. By LACEY SIKORA Contributing Reporter
The owners of the historic Boulevard Arcade Building on South Boulevard are proposing constructing a 10-story luxury apartment building on the parking lot at the rear of the existing building. The building’s owner, whose venture currently occupies a portion of the building, says the new construction is necessary to keep the building financially viable. On Thursday, Jan. 9, the Oak Park Historic Preservation
Commission (HPC) will consider the proposed new development by Sachem Building LLC for a 24-unit addition behind the landmarked building at 1031-35 South Boulevard in Oak Park. The LLC is managed by J. Trent Stoner. He is also the owner of Cross Function Flexible Workspace, which operates the building. In December, represented by architect John Schiess, the property owner went before the HPC for an advisory session in which Schiess presented plans for an addition in an Art Deco Style. At that time the proposal called for an
11-story, 133-foot-tall structure. It has since been slightly reduced to a 10-story building with four floors of parking and six floors of residential apartments for a total of 24 units. The Boulevard Arcade Building was designed by Oak Park architect E.E. Roberts in 1906 as a one-story, one-tenant commercial building. In 1922, the building was remodeled and a second floor added by Chicago architect Arthur Jacobs who created a multi-tenant shopping area in the See 1035 BUILDING on page 6
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