Meanwhile, the Catholic Theological Union plans to renovate a building at 5401 S. Cornell Ave., which originally was a hotel, and convert it into a 111-unit residence hall for students and visiting lecturers. The CTU now uses the building for classrooms and seminars, as well as its office.
The project, which also includes a 170-space garage, recently won an endorsement from the plan commission. City department of planning and development officials note the project is less than half the size of what could be allowed under the site's current R-6 zoning. However, the project needed a recommendation from the plan commission as its location, four blocks west of Lake Shore Drive, falls under the city's lakefront protection ordinance.
The Catholic Theological Union has offices and current classrooms in a dense Hyde Park neighborhood. Multifamily buildings surround the CTU's campus.
Institutional Project Management LLC is building the project, which is expected to be completed in August 2006, Ken McHugh tells GlobeSt.com. The building is being designed by Chicago architect Joseph Antunovich.
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