Evergreen Opens 80-Unit Senior Housing in Franklin Park

Evergreen Real Estate Group has opened Leyden Senior Apartments, an 80-unit income-restricted senior community at 2506 Mannheim Road in Franklin Park, a Cook County suburb near O’Hare. The four-story building is reserved for residents age 62 and older earning at or below 60 percent of area median income.

F.H. Paschen served as general contractor, managing construction from groundbreaking through completion. Weese Langley Klein Architects designed the building. Evergreen, which developed the project, is also handling leasing and property management.

Why it matters

Leyden Senior Apartments adds 80 age-restricted, income-capped rentals in a built-out, inner-ring suburb where sites are scarce. For builders and developers, it shows a GC-architect-developer team that carried a suburban affordable senior project from groundbreaking to opening. The project sits next to the Carl Fiorito Senior Center, giving residents access to township programming without leaving the block.

The numbers

The building holds 80 total units, split between 72 one-bedroom and 8 two-bedroom apartments, across four stories. Eligibility is capped at 60 percent of area median income for residents 62 and older. Amenities include a community room, fitness room, lounge spaces, laundry rooms and a patio. The site sits on Mannheim Road near the Franklin Park Metra stop, within Leyden Township.

What’s next

The opening follows a groundbreaking reported by REBusiness Online and ConnectCRE and a topping-off reported by REjournals, so each construction milestone is on the public record. Evergreen is leasing the building now, with Housing Choice Vouchers accepted alongside the income-restricted units. The completion adds to Evergreen’s broader footprint in Cook County senior housing, where the firm has built and managed multiple income-restricted communities beyond Chicago’s city limits.