A new condo building, dubbed The Renslow, is planned for 5015 N. Clark St. in Andersonville, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Quest Realty Group bought the existing building on the property, as well as the building at 5019 N. Clark St, for approximately $2.2 million, according to the report. Northworks Architects + Planners are designing the nine-unit condo building.

The condo building will feature retail space on the first floor, as well as a rooftop terrace and indoor parking, according to Edgeville Buzz. The units are expected to be 1,700 square feet and sell for about $600,000. 

Photo courtesy of Quest Realty Group

The building takes its name from Chuck Renslow, a gay entrepreneur who ran the Man’s Country bathhouse. The bathhouse, opened in 1973, closed with Renslow’s death last year. The condos are going up at the site of the bathhouse, and Quest Realty wanted to honor his legacy by naming the new building after him, according to Crain’s. The building will also include another nod to Renslow: leather wallpaper in the lobby, according to Edgeville Buzz. He started the International Mr. Leather Competition. 

“Chuck was out front and center before a lot of people were comfortable with that aspect of their lives being shared. We wanted to honor what he did,” Quest Realty Group principal Jason Vondrachek told Crain’s. 

The Renslow isn’t the only condo project that has recently found its home in the neighborhood. The Win, a nine-unit condo building on the edge of Andersonville and Uptown, opened sales on its units last year. Located at 1470 W. Winona St., the condo’s units were similarly priced (starting at $599,999) to units at The Renslow. 

The building’s units vary in size, but they each have at least two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Each unit also comes with a 190-square-foot terrace and an indoor parking space.

The Win replaced a 100-year-old mansion nicknamed “the compound.” The building was deemed unsalvageable. Another historic Andersonville home, this one located at 1436 W. Berwyn Ave., was slated to be replaced by condos, but concerned neighborhood residents rallied to save it. 

The graystone two-flat dates back to 1908. The East Andersonville Residents Council voted to oppose the complete demolition of the home, which features English Gothic and Romanesque architecture. Instead, Aidan Development, the company that bought the property, is working with Alderman Harry Osterman (48th Ward) to find a way to preserve the facade of the home.