Lakeview Transit-Oriented Development: Housing & Transportation Trends

Lakeview is historically a dense community that developed around its CTA stations, and demographic trends since 2000 continue to reinforce the central role of transit in the neighborhood. While there is significant demand to live and do business near transit, development in Lakeview has not capitalized on the opportunity with increased density near train stations. Of Lakeview’s eight CTA stations, five now have fewer housing units within a half mile, or 10-minute walk, than they had in 2000. Over-restrictive zoning policies and parking requirements have stifled development in the past, however, several development projects currently in the works are leveraging Chicago’s new transit-oriented development (TOD) policy that could enable the neighborhood to add households that will help support local businesses.

The Lakeview Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Center for Neighborhood Technology, has drafted a white paper demonstrating the need for additional TOD that would increase density and trade off private parking spaces in new development for additional residential and commercial space.

Download the Lakeview Transit-Oriented Development white paper here.