Lincoln Square Neighbors Move Into Affordable Apartments Fought For By Community

Block Club Chicago / by Alex V. Hernandez / February 27, 2025

LINCOLN SQUARE — A $43 million affordable housing development near the heart of Lincoln Square is now open to neighbors in need of stable housing who would otherwise have been displaced by high rents. 

Developer Community Builders broke ground on the Canvas At Leland Plaza project at 4715 N. Western Ave. in July 2023 and completed construction last October.

The developer joined city officials Wednesday at a ribbon cutting celebrating the project that will add 63 affordable apartments to the busy Lincoln Square intersection across from the Western Avenue Brown Line stop. Read More Here.