A new development is being considered for a wooded lot next to the upcoming Purple Line station just outside Riverdale Park.

Located behind the Megamart off East West Highway and Kenilworth Avenue, the Headen Spring development would include 290 apartments, a 25,756-square-foot community building, 3,200 square feet of retail and 526 parking spaces.

It’s being proposed by a partnership with Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ and a related non-profit community development corporation Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development, or SEED.

An outline of the project states that there would be four apartment buildings, with one dedicated for seniors and another with ground-floor retail. The community building would include a gym, child care center and community outreach space.

The development would also include 20 three-bedroom row homes.

Since some of the apartments would be affordable housing, the project has gotten loans from a Kaiser Permanente fund and another set up by Amazon.

With nearly 10 acres, the site is one of the largest tracts of undeveloped land next to the Purple Line in the area. Major construction is set to begin again on the 16-mile transit line in August and be completed in late 2026.

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