The Chicago Housing Authority and its partners are approaching the halfway point of their promise to develop 2,000 homes at Roosevelt Square, a 67-acre redevelopment of the former Addams, Brooks, Loomis and Abbott Homes site.

A ribbon cutting Wednesday celebrated the latest phase of the $172 million sprawling redevelopment on the Near West Side, with the opening of 222 mixed-income apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The phase broke ground in November 2019.

So far, the CHA, Chicago Department of Housing and developer Related Midwest have delivered nearly 900 new homes at the former public housing site .

Michael Kaplan, Related Midwest’s vice president of affordable housing, said its goal is to create a neighborhood that feels “like traditional Chicago” with housing option

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