On Tuesday, June 27, representatives from the Interfaith Housing Development Corporation (IHDC), the architecture and engineering firm HED, and Henry Bros. Co. (HBCo) celebrated the topping out of the Conservatory Apartments in Chicago.

Pictured from left are Patrick Slattery, HED Business Development; Aaron Reilly, HBCo Project Manager; Susan King, HED Principal, Market Sector Leadership; Harriette Mimms, IHDC Director of Construction & Asset Management; Ellena Dickerson, IHDC Development Associate; Dannis MacDowell, IHDC Operations and Maintenance; Cheng Zhang, HED Project Architect for Conservatory; HBCo Vice President of Project Development Tom O’Brien; HBCo Project Coordinator Marcy Johnson, and HBCo President/Owner Bill Callaghan, Jr.

Conservatory Apartments, 414 N. Central Park Boulevard, is located just north of the landmark Garfield Park Conservatory. The four-story, 24,709 S.F. building will include 43 units on floors two through four with first-floor common space. The apartments will serve two populations in need of permanent, supportive housing. IHDC is partnering with Deborah’s Place, a non-profit provider of housing services to persons who have experienced homelessness, and with Trilogy Behavioral Health, a comprehensive integrated care agency that enables people in mental health recovery to build meaningful and independent lives. Completion is anticipated in early 2024.