Illinois

CHICAGO — Full Circle Communities, in partnership with Native American-led nonprofit organization Visionary Ventures, is developing Jigzibik, an affordable housing development in Chicago. Skender, the general contractor on the project, broke ground on July 11. The 62,000-square-foot, seven-story mixed-use development will serve Native American communities. Jigzibik’s 45 units will be reserved for residents earning between 15 and 60 of area median income. Canopy Architecture + Design is the architect. The building will feature ground-floor office space for Native American-serving nonprofits, spaces for artists and makers, a computer lab and library …

CHICAGO — Related Midwest has opened three mixed-income buildings as part of the third phase of its 67-acre Roosevelt Square redevelopment in Chicago. Related Midwest completed development of 207 units including 75 public housing, 40 affordable and 92 market-rate units as well as 10,000 square feet of retail space. The multiphase Roosevelt project is a redevelopment of the ABLA Homes site, which was a Chicago Housing Authority public-housing project made up of four buildings dating back to the 1930s. Each building includes 70 apartments with studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom …