Streeterville Is Getting 28 New Homes: City Council Greenlights Residential Conversion at 212 E. Ohio St.

By Socialhood News · Il/Chicago/Streeterville · June 8, 2026

Streeterville's housing stock is about to get a welcome boost. Plans are advancing for the residential conversion of an existing office building at 212 East Ohio Street, after the Chicago City Council gave the green light to the project earlier this month — with Chicago YIMBY reporting the latest details just this past Saturday, June 7.

The project, led by developer Curbed Real Estate and architecture firm Gansari & Associates, will transform the upper four floors of the five-story, 28,000-square-foot building — located mid-block between North Fairbanks Court and North St. Clair Street — into 28 brand-new residential units. In a nod to the neighborhood's vibrant street life, the ground-floor restaurant space will be preserved, keeping the building's community feel intact. The former office lobby will be reimagined as a welcoming residential entrance, breathing new life into a structure that was most recently home to @Properties' office operations.

This conversion is part of a broader wave of adaptive reuse momentum sweeping Streeterville, with a separate zoning application also recently filed to convert the hotel at 201 E. Walton into 221 residential units. Together, these projects signal a neighborhood doubling down on its residential identity — adding housing while preserving what makes Streeterville's street-level scene so special. Are you excited to see more homes coming to the neighborhood? Share your thoughts in the Socialhood comments!

Sources:
1. https://chicagoyimby.com/2026/06/streeterville-residential-conversion-approved-by-city-council.html
2. https://chicago.urbanize.city/neighborhood/streeterville