Elmwood Avenue Will Close for Months for Construction of 12-Story Building

EVANSTON, IL - Elmwood Avenue south of Davis Street in Evanston will be closed beginning on Wednesday, Aug. 17 and could be off limits for the rest of the year.

The city announced the closure this week as work begins on a 12-story building at 1571 Maple Ave., a Centrum Partners development called Centrum Evanston.

The street closure will be in effect while Novak Construction works on erecting the structural steel and concrete for the building, according to the city. It will be closed from Davis all the way to the south end of the construction site.

City officials are urging motorists to use the Maple Avenue detour in place.

Residents of the One Evanston condominium development will still have access to and from the building from Elmwood Avenue.