Building · west-loop-gate
EMME
EMME is a 14-story, 199-home building on North Desplaines, notable for the working farm on its roof — it grows tomatoes, peppers, edible flowers and apples, and supplies several nearby restaurants.
- Address
- 165 N Desplaines St, Chicago, IL 60661
- Floors
- 14
- Homes
- 199
- Tenure
- Rental
- Developer
- Gerding Edlen
- Managed by
- Hines
- Nearest L station
- Clinton (Green & Pink lines)
- Current use
- Rental apartments
- Official site
- emmechicago.com
About
The Portland developer Gerding Edlen built it, and Hines runs it today. The rooftop farm is the building's real distinction in a neighborhood full of roof decks: it is a production garden feeding restaurants rather than an amenity terrace.
The building's own site publishes no unit count, floor count or opening year; the figures above come from Crain's reporting on the building.