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Last month, I wrote about how the 2019 Chicago building code combined with a series of parking reforms to create a new multifamily infill typology: the III-5, or five-story buildings newly eligible to be built using "Type III" construction. But I also noted that the 2019 code led to a substantial change in another type of housing: Three-story buildings. Just as the 2019 code allowed five-story buildings to shift from the most-expensive Type V construction to the less-expensive Type III, it allowed three-story buildings to shift from Type III to the even-cheaper Type I. (A reminder: Type V is a
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Last month, I wrote about how the 2019 Chicago building code combined with a series of parking reforms to create a new multifamily infill typology: the III-5, or five-story buildings newly eligible to be built using "Type III" construction. But I also noted that the 2019 code led to a substantial change in another type of housing: Three-story buildings. Just as the 2019 code allowed five-story buildings to shift from the most-expensive Type V construction to the less-expensive Type III, it allowed three-story buildings to shift from Type III to the even-cheaper Type I. (A reminder: Type V is a
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