Hudson Dealership and Distributorship
Alfred Alschuler, the architect of notable Chicago synagogues, designed the Spanish Renaissance showroom and offices at 2222 S. Michigan Ave. It was completed in 1922. Hudson automobile made it through the Great Depression and World War II before going out of business in the early 1950s.
In early 2018, ex-Chicago Bears Israel Idonije and Julius Peppers were part of a group that acquired the property. It will be renovated for office space, retail, gymnasium and four residential units.
NOTE: From an application for a zoning change, October 2022. "The Applicant requests a rezoning of the subiect property from the DS-3 and DS-5 Downtown Service Districts to a unified DX-5 Downtown Mixed-Use District, then to a Residential-Business Planned Development to permit the renovation of the existing 3-story 68' foot-tall building with approximately 4,700 sf of restaurant space in the basement. 25.000 sf of office, retail, or venue space. 9.000 sf of ground floor restaurant/commercial uses, 15,000 sf of rooftop entertainment uses, 38 residential units, and 18 extended-stay hotel rooms together with accessory and incidental uses."
NOTE 2: A renovation permit was issued in November 2025 for a 4-story mixed use hotel. It includes amenity spaces at levels 2 and 3 and roof/pool deck at level 4. core and shell for the future tenant build out of a restaurant, bar and event space at level 1, as well as a restaurant and bar at level 4.
Photograph taken during Chicago Architecture Foundation Motor Row walking tour.
Hudson Dealership and Distributorship
Alfred Alschuler, the architect of notable Chicago synagogues, designed the Spanish Renaissance showroom and offices at 2222 S. Michigan Ave. It was completed in 1922. Hudson automobile made it through the Great Depression and World War II before going out of business in the early 1950s.
In early 2018, ex-Chicago Bears Israel Idonije and Julius Peppers were part of a group that acquired the property. It will be renovated for office space, retail, gymnasium and four residential units.
NOTE: From an application for a zoning change, October 2022. "The Applicant requests a rezoning of the subiect property from the DS-3 and DS-5 Downtown Service Districts to a unified DX-5 Downtown Mixed-Use District, then to a Residential-Business Planned Development to permit the renovation of the existing 3-story 68' foot-tall building with approximately 4,700 sf of restaurant space in the basement. 25.000 sf of office, retail, or venue space. 9.000 sf of ground floor restaurant/commercial uses, 15,000 sf of rooftop entertainment uses, 38 residential units, and 18 extended-stay hotel rooms together with accessory and incidental uses."
NOTE 2: A renovation permit was issued in November 2025 for a 4-story mixed use hotel. It includes amenity spaces at levels 2 and 3 and roof/pool deck at level 4. core and shell for the future tenant build out of a restaurant, bar and event space at level 1, as well as a restaurant and bar at level 4.
Photograph taken during Chicago Architecture Foundation Motor Row walking tour.