ALT 1. Text: Mayor Brandon Johnson Breaks Ground on Long Vacant LeClaire Courts Housing Redevelopment. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, Alderman Michael Rodriguez, Congressman Chuy Garcia, Alderwoman Jeylu Gutierrez, Cook County Commissioner Alma Anaya, Housing Commissioner Lissette Castaneda, leaders from the Chicago Housing Authority, Illinois Housing Development Authority, Cabrera Capital, The Habitat Company, Bank of America Chicago, and Garfield Ridge community leaders and members, all wearing hard hats and yellow vests, break ground with shovels full of dirt on the LeClaire Courts North Apartments redevelopment in Garfield Ridge.

ALT 2. Text: LeClaire Courts North Apartments is the first phase of a City-backed redevelopment that will build 725 new, mixed-income homes at the former public housing site in Garfield Ridge. Image: A rendering of LeClaire Courts North Apartments, with a large public art display of Martin Luther King Jr.

ALT 3. Text: Supported by Mayor Johnson’s $1.25B Housing and Economic Development Bond, the first phase will include 124 affordable homes, 14 market-rate homes, 16,500 sqft. of commercial and retail space, and parking. Image: An aerial shot of the rendering of the entire LeClaire Courts site redevelopment in Garfield Ridge.

ALT 4. Text: The North building will include space leased by Chicago Commons to provide early childhood education and senior services, with future phases of the redevelopment to include grocery store and medical office uses. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson poses for a photo with a senior Black woman and Garfield Ridge resident at the LeClaire Courts groundbreaking.

ALT 1. Text: Mayor Johnson Cuts the Ribbon on First Completed ‘Missing Middle’ Homes in North Lawndale. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson and a community member open the door to a new two-flat, looking at the new home with awe, in North Lawndale.

ALT 2. Text: These 14 new homes are the first completed ‘Missing Middle’ project after Mayor Johnson broke ground on them 10 months ago, marking a major milestone in the Mayor’s efforts to transform vacant land into new housing and expand opportunities for homeownership. Image: "Before Mayor Johnson," a vacant lot in North Lawndale on Trumbull.

ALT 3. Text: The 7 new two-flat buildings are among more than 200 homes advancing across the West Side through Mayor Johnson’s Missing Middle Infill Housing initiative. Image: "After Mayor Johnson," the same lot now as a beautiful new two-flat in North Lawndale.

ALT 4. Text: Missing Middle leverages vacant City land and Mayor Johnson’s $1.25B Housing and Economic Development Bond financing for minority-owned developers to build new medium-density housing that has become “missing,” repopulating South and West Side communities following decades of disinvestment. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson smiles and leans on a back deck looking over Missing Middle homes' backyards in North Lawndale.

ALT 1. Text: Mayor Brandon Johnson Cuts Ribbon on The Estate Escape, City-Backed Bronzeville Office Project. Image: Mayor Brandon Johnson, Alder Pat Dowell, DPD Commissioner Ciere Boatright, Steps Inc. owner Nicole Wheatly, and others cut the ribbon on The Estate Escape in Grand Boulevard.

ALT 2. Text: The City-backed rehabilitation project transforms a century-old building into a modern workspace while supporting continued neighborhood investment and revitalization along the State Street corridor. Image: An older Black woman claps as Mayor Johnson delivers remarks at The Estate Escape ribbon cutting.