| Mixed-use housing developments commonly feature retail space, fitness centers and restaurants, but another offering is being added to the mix in one low-income Chicago neighborhood: healthcare. Ogden Commons in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood is part of a growing affordable housing trend that is seeing hospitals and clinics open smack in the middle of the communities they serve. For healthcare organizations, the arrangement brings real estate cost savings and a prominent location for services. For residents, it offers care just steps away, as well as homes for medical workers. 
“How we've described it ... is a virtuous circle that combines housing, healthcare and jobs, and all of those things exist in tandem on the site," said Jeff Head, vice president of development for Habitat Co.'s Habitat Affordable Group.Habitat is developing the project that will include medical offices from Sinai…  Read the full story here. | | |
