Illinois National Guard Donnelly Armory
Per Alderman Pat Dowell’s office, the Illinois National Guard has confirmed its intention to sell the property located at 1910 S. Calumet Ave. Currently, the armory has a skeleton crew to maintain the building's utilities and physical structure. There are no immediate proposals for the property. The internal National Guard policy is to declare the building surplus, have appraisals performed, and then assign an approved sales agency for a competitive bidding process. Eventually, as the property is likely worth more than $3.5MM, a final sale agreement will require approval by both the Illinois General Assembly and the governor. It’s possible that the bid process could require potential plans or options for review by the city and state, which could take well more than a year. A rezoning process on the property has commenced to change its designation of DX-3 (Downtown Mixed Use) to DR-3 (Downtown Residential District).
The building was constructed in the late1940s or early 1950s as a warehouse supporting the R.R. Donnelly Lakeside/Calumet Plant complex. In what basically worked out as a property swap, the Museum of Contemporary Art received permission to demolish the National Guard armory on E. Chicago Avenue, just east of N. Michigan Avenue, for a new home in exchange for the 146,000 square-foot building at 1910 S. Calumet, which was converted into a new Illinois National Guard Armory. Proposals to redevelop the site in 2000s for low-density townhomes were shelved due to the use of the building after 9/11.
Illinois National Guard Donnelly Armory
Per Alderman Pat Dowell’s office, the Illinois National Guard has confirmed its intention to sell the property located at 1910 S. Calumet Ave. Currently, the armory has a skeleton crew to maintain the building's utilities and physical structure. There are no immediate proposals for the property. The internal National Guard policy is to declare the building surplus, have appraisals performed, and then assign an approved sales agency for a competitive bidding process. Eventually, as the property is likely worth more than $3.5MM, a final sale agreement will require approval by both the Illinois General Assembly and the governor. It’s possible that the bid process could require potential plans or options for review by the city and state, which could take well more than a year. A rezoning process on the property has commenced to change its designation of DX-3 (Downtown Mixed Use) to DR-3 (Downtown Residential District).
The building was constructed in the late1940s or early 1950s as a warehouse supporting the R.R. Donnelly Lakeside/Calumet Plant complex. In what basically worked out as a property swap, the Museum of Contemporary Art received permission to demolish the National Guard armory on E. Chicago Avenue, just east of N. Michigan Avenue, for a new home in exchange for the 146,000 square-foot building at 1910 S. Calumet, which was converted into a new Illinois National Guard Armory. Proposals to redevelop the site in 2000s for low-density townhomes were shelved due to the use of the building after 9/11.