Please feel free to explore the development projects in the Lakeview East commercial district.

Featured Development

Optima Lakeview

3460 N. Broadway

Located on N. Broadway in the middle of a vibrant community, Optima Lakeview will bring together the surrounding architectural aesthetic with our passion for Modernist design to create a truly unique living experience.

Optima Lakeview will feature an undulating façade with deep recesses, shades, and shadows, and setbacks designed for outdoor terraced landscapes. An elegant and sophisticated palette of warm-toned exterior materials — including transparent bronze glass and rich, dark brick — will complement the surrounding neighborhood. Inside the building, a striking, landscaped interior atrium will bring in plenty of natural light and create a connection to nature.

Scheduled for completion in 2022, Optima Lakeview will include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes, 14,000 square feet of commercial space and 40,000 square feet of amenity spaces for residents to enjoy. Spanning across seven stories, Optima Lakeview’s unmatched amenity floors will feature an indoor basketball court, golf simulator and putting green, fitness center, dog park, children’s center, demonstration kitchen, conference rooms and a rooftop sky deck with resort pool and amazing views of Lake Michigan, Wrigley Field and downtown Chicago. Our in-home concierge program, Optimized Service® provides several conveniences for residents, and our Optima Connect® program helps residents stay connected to their neighborhood through exclusive benefits and discounts.

RPM Project – CTA Bypass Information

CTA Red & Purple Modernization Project

As we move closer to making future ‘L’ improvements as part of the Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One project, we are performing track improvements next to the Red Line Addison Station. This is important work to ensure our tracks are in good shape in that location ahead of beginning the RPM work. There will be impacts to your community, though we will do our best to keep them to a minimum. We thank you for your patience.

What work is being done and why is it necessary?

As part of our ongoing investment to improve rail service, the CTA will make track improvements on the Red Line at Addison to eliminate slow zones and to minimize the potential for existing track conditions to evolve into future slow zones during construction of the Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project (see reverse side for more information).

Impacts to the community

  • Work is required to be performed 24/7, including noise from vehicles, tools, horns, material handling and railroad personnel communications
  • Increased contractor personnel at and below the CTA structure between Waveland and Newport
  • Barricades installed at various locations for resident and contractor safety
  • Intermittent street closures and alleys may be partially obstructed
  • Curb lanes to be temporarily occupied with contractor equipment as the work progresses
  • Occasional sidewalk detours

How can I reach CTA if I need assistance or have a question about this work?

• Email us at RPM@transitchicago.com or leave a message for callback: (331) 303-2499

What’s Phase One?

CTA has begun Phase One of RPM, which includes building four new, accessible, modern Red Line stations to replace aged stations at Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr and all new track structure to improve train speeds and reliability. Phase One also includes the construction of a modern rail bypass – the Red- Purple Bypass — north of Belmont Station where Red, Brown and Purple Line trains intersect at a rail junction built in 1907 that requires trains to stop to allow other trains to pass. The new bypass will relieve major constraints that currently existing on CTA to add train service to relieve chronic overcrowding on trains and delays throughout the rail system.

Has construction begun?

CTA in 2018 began the relocation of utility lines in both the Red-Purple Bypass and Lawrence to Bryn Mawr project areas to relocate overhead power and communications lines underground and to shorter poles. Major construction is expected to occur through 2025.

Should you have any questions regarding the utility work or other elements of the CTA RPM, please contact:

LaTrice Phillips-Thompson
Government & Community Relations Liaison
CTA – Chicago Transit Authority
Phone: (312) 681-2709
Mobile: (312) 520-6640
Fax: (312) 681-2896
Email: lphillips-thompson@transitchicago.com

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