A graphic rendering of the Bronzeville Lakefront mega-development proposed on the site of the Michael Reese Hospital campus

A years-in-the-making plan to build a new mini-neighborhood on a 71-acre swath of the city’s Near South lakefront is set to clear a major hurdle on Thursday as the Chicago Plan Commission considers plans for the “Bronzeville Lakefront” mega-development on the site of the former Michael Reese Hospital.

When completed in approximately 2041, the Bronzeville Lakefront campus is planned to include nearly 7,000 units of new homes, plus millions of square feet of office, retail and research space. The plan is one of seven applications set for consideration by the plan commission during its 10 a.m. meeting on Thursday.