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Chicago Officials Break Ground On SACRED Apartments Affordable Housing
The five-story "SACRED Apartments" at 9200 S. Burley Ave. will include 81 units of affordable housing and 6,000 feet of retail space.
June 2, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city leaders broke ground on Saturday on what they called the largest housing investment in the South Chicago neighborhood in 20 years.
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The five-story "SACRED Apartments" —short for Sustainable Affordable Commercial Real Estate Development— at 9200 S. Burley Ave. will include 81 units of affordable housing and 6,000 feet of retail space. Developers are hoping that it will include a grocery store.
The project will also include parking for 44 cars, a playground, patio space for tenants, landscaped gathering spaces, a community room, and a multi-sport athletic court. Parking spaces for 54 bicycles will also be scattered around the site.
