Chicago’s Zoning Board of Appeals paved the way Friday for the development of a nine-story residential building in River North, breathing new life into a surface parking lot at the corner of Huron and Orleans streets.

Called RiverWard, the building at 310 W. Huron St. will have 149 apartments that include studios, convertibles, one- and two-bedrooms. It will also have 11 duplexes with private patios, according to plans by Chicago-based developer ZSD Corp.

The building’s top floor will have amenities such as a roof deck, indoor lounge, fitness center and co-working space.

The ground floor will have 3,800 square feet of retail. RiverWard will also have outdoor green space — something ZSD’s attorney Katie Jahnke Dale said “was very important to the community.”

ZSD anticipates completing t

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