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High-Rise On Davis Street Could Be One of City's Tallest Buildings
Apartment units and storefronts would make up the development that would rival the Chase Bank tower and Sherman Plaza condos in height.
EVANSTON, IL - A high-rise mixed-use building planned for the 600 block of Davis Street could be among the tallest in Evanston.
A developer is planning to construct a building that totals 280 feet including a 17-foot mechanical penthouse at the location, according to Evanston Now reports. A total of 217 apartment units, 176 parking spaces and two retail storefronts are among the plans for usage of the new structure.
There’s a bit of a discrepancy on whether or not this would be the tallest building in town.
From Evanston Now:
“The developer’s proposal to the city indicates that at a total of 280 feet, including the mechanical penthouse, the new mixed-use retail and rental apartment building would be slightly shorter than the Chase Bank tower at 1603 Orrington and the Sherman Plaza condo development.
Other sources list the Chase Bank tower as 280 feet tall and the Sherman Plaza building as 276 feet tall, but those measurements typically exclude the mechanical penthouse.”
The developer’s plans include keeping and renovating the University Building on the northwest corner of Davis Street and Chicago Avenue.
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