Evanston: The Exception?
Despite a slumping housing market and sales of new homes falling to a 17 year low nationwide, development in the North Chicago suburb of Evanston continues unheeded.
The city is seeing a mini condo boom. Since 1997, and when the two current development are completed, 1,753 new housing units will have been added to [...]
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Evanston: The exception?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Generic City USA
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s out with the old and in with the big-box retailers in Evanston as the city attempts to revitalizes it downtown economy with new, national chain store development projects. And while some shoppers in town praise the low prices and selection at these additions, not everyone in town welcomes the changes.
Take a walk down Evanston’s [...]
Evanston’s Incredible Shrinking Tower
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Developers presented a new, shortened version of the Evanston skyscraper at Tuesday’s Development and Planning Committee meeting that will bring the controversial building down to 38-stories from the initial 49-story design.
Revisions to the plan come after almost a year of ongoing battles and debates between developers and residents over issues concerning the loss of retail [...]
