Retail services are concentrated along Archer Avenue, 35th Street, and Ashland Avenue; they include a mix of beauty services and food establishments. Community outreach underscores a desire for more retail and dining options in McKinley Park, particularly on Archer Avenue and 35th Street. Similarly, business owners have highlighted vacancies and business support as significant economic development issues to address. Some stakeholders indicated that residents often leave McKinley Park to fulfill basic shopping needs like buying a cup of coffee, clothing, or grabbing a bite to eat. The limited availability and low quality of existing retail options in McKinley Park may represent an opportunity for new commercial development.
Retail Gap Analysis
A retail gap analysis identifies potential spending that could be absorbed by new or existing businesses within the community. For the purposes of this analysis, retail supply and demand data were analyzed for surplus and leakage industry groups in McKinley Park and surrounding Chicago Community Areas (CCA). The retail gap analysis compares the sales of businesses (“supply”) with what consumers spend (“demand”) to determine the amount of retail leakage or surplus occurring across various retail categories. Retail leakage is the result of residents making purchases at retailers outside of the community or online.
Overall, the McKinley Park study area has a total surplus of $38.9 million, see Table 7.3. Businesses with the top surplus numbers include Food and Beverage stores at $83.3 million (with most of that number being generated from sales at grocery stores), General Merchandise stores at $17.5 million, and Food Services and Drinking Places at $4 million (with restaurants accounting for about $5 million of that number).
The McKinley Park community also faces strong competition from nearby shopping districts in the Lower West Side CCA (which includes predominantly the Pilsen neighborhood), which generates over $307 million in surplus (particularly from Food and Beverage stores and General Merchandise stores). The top leakage category in McKinley Park is Moter Vehicle & Parts Dealers (-$24.7 million) followed by Gasoline Stations (-S3.7 million) and Nonstore Retailers (-S3.5 million).
Table 7.1 Top Surplus and Leakage Categories in McKinley Park and Surrounding CCAs, 2018
| McKinley Park Study Area | Bridgeport and Canaryville | Brighton Park | New City | Lower West Side | |
| Retail Gap By Industry Group | $million | $million | $million | $million | $million |
| Total | $38.9 | -$210.1 | -$85.8 | $36.6 | $307.3 |
| Books and Music | -- | $2.1 | -- | -- | -- |
| Building Materials | -- | -- | $13.6 | -- | -- |
| Clothing and Accessories | -- | -- | -- | $47.8 | $42.1 |
| Electronics and Applicances | -- | -- | -- | -- | -$7.9 |
| Food and Beverage | $83.3 | -$26.3 | -- | $37.9 | $156.4 |
| Food Services and Drinking | $4.2 | -- | -$8.9 | -- | -- |
| Gasoline Stations | -$3.7 | -- | $24.2 | $11 | -- |
| General Merchandise | $17.5 | -$69.9 | -$39.3 | -- | $104.6 |
| Health and Personal Care | -- | -- | -- | -- | -$9.3 |
| Home Furnishings | -- | $4.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Miscellaneous Store Retailers | -- | $65.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealer | -$24.7 | -$70.7 | -$23.9 | -$41.8 | -$50.6 |
| Nonstore Retailers | -$3.4 | -- | -- | -$7.2 | -- |
| Office Supplies | -- | -- | $1.5 | -- | -- |
| Specialty Food | -- | $28.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Source: CMAP analysis of ESRIC 2018 data.
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