Deadline: 15-Aug-25
The Department of Planning and Development (DPD) Medium Community Development Grant (CDG-M) program supports commercial, mixed-use and light manufacturing development citywide.
Medium grants are intended to support eligible commercial, cultural, industrial, institutional, social service and mixed-use projects.
Medium grants are funded through proceeds from Tax Increment Financing (TIF), the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF), and the Housing and Economic Development (HED) bond.
Funding is provided on a reimbursement basis with payments made at either defined milestones during construction or upon project completion. At the discretion of DPD, funding may be offered as a loan rather than a grant.
Funding Information
- Grants between $300,001 and $5,000,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Private and non-profit developers, tenants and property owners are eligible to apply individually or jointly during competitive, semi-annual funding rounds.
- Proposed projects must primarily comprise one of the following uses either independently or combined with another eligible use:
- Commercial (office, retail)
- Cultural (museums, theaters, performance venues)
- Industrial and manufacturing
- Institutional (health care)
- Mixed-use residential (10+ units with 100% ground floor commercial use)
- Social services (workforce development, unhoused interventions, etc.
- Projects must be located within the City of Chicago.
- Both for-profit and nonprofit businesses or organizations are eligible to request funding for projects that are primarily commercial, light industrial or mixed-use residential in nature. Cultural, institutional and social service uses may be considered commercial if they are generally accessible to the public. All uses should add to the economic vitality of the surrounding neighborhood, benefit the community and meet a local need. The overall eligibility of projects will be evaluated by DPD on a case-by-case basis.
For more information, visit City of Chicago.