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City Council to get new live-work zoning rules

Plan Commission has finished its review of the proposed new rules.

By Bill Smith on August 1, 2021 - 10:54 am

Panel backs ADU moratorium on 3-2 vote

The proposal to require owner-occupancy of properties with attached or internal accessory dwelling units now returns to the City Council for action.

By Bill Smith on July 29, 2021 - 10:42 am

Staff urges rejection of ADU ‘poison pill’

Memo says requiring owner occupancy of properties with an accessory dwelling unit would discourage creation of affordable housing and not solve nuisance property issues.

By Bill Smith on July 28, 2021 - 10:51 am

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Retail plus 34 apartments planned in Varsity rehab project

A real estate brokerage has announced plans for a project that would add 34 apartments to the upper level of the former Varsity Theater building in downtown Evanston.

By Bill Smith on July 27, 2021 - 8:37 pm

First look at downtown office plans

Project would replace the now-vacant Burger King restaurant downtown. Developer Trammell Crow Company recently completed the Avidor Evanston senior living development a few blocks away.

By Bill Smith on July 21, 2021 - 10:55 am

Merion owners try again for high-rise approval

Latest plans call for a 13-story building -- four stories shorter than one rejected by the city last fall.

By Bill Smith on July 19, 2021 - 10:46 am

Plan board splits on three-unrelated rule

Vote sends proposal to ease occupancy limits to the City Council without a recommendation.

By Bill Smith on July 15, 2021 - 11:26 am

Two on Council voice big reservations about new TIF

New tax increment financing district would target portions of the 5th Ward on either side of Green Bay Road.

By Bill Smith on July 14, 2021 - 11:25 am

City staff pushes action on housing occupancy limits

Proposal would eliminate "three-unrelated" rule, calls for stepped up enforcement of nuisance rules.

By Bill Smith on July 14, 2021 - 6:59 am

Panel recommends landmark status for Christian Science church

Church attorney says the building doesn't have enough architectural significance to be a landmark.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 13, 2021 - 9:37 pm

City staff wants to revamp live-work unit rules

New plan would let such units be built as of right except in residential and university zones.

By Bill Smith on July 13, 2021 - 3:24 pm

Five areas eyed for redevelopment in Five Fifths TIF

The car wash on Green Bay at Foster is one of the sites envisioned to have some new future use.

By Bill Smith on July 12, 2021 - 10:43 am

Preservation panel expected to back landmarking church

Shrinking church congregation in northwest Evanston, hoping to sell the building, opposes the designation, fearing it will reduce the property's value.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 12, 2021 - 9:33 am

Panel backs Chicago Avenue apartment plans

Five-story, 116-unit development at auto dealership site moves next to review by Evanston's Plan Commission.

By Bill Smith on July 8, 2021 - 11:45 am

Chicago real estate firm opening downtown Evanston office

Owner sees opportunity as economy emerges from pandemic.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 8, 2021 - 5:49 am

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Expert: Pandemic’s housing impact could last two more years

Homeless agency head says vulnerable people may survive on the edge for a while, but then face eviction after an unexpected expense.

By Jeff Hirsh on July 7, 2021 - 2:42 pm

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