Despite some softening of the overall real estate market, condo conversions in Evanston are continuing at a substantial pace.
City officials report they approved disclosure documents for 46 condominium conversions with a total of 567 units from January 2003 through July of this year.
And Donna Spicuzza of the city’s planning division says at least 15 more projects are under review now.
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Condo conversions approved since January 2003. Click on a marker to see the building’s address and unit count.
Condo conversions approved since 2003 have been concentrated in the 8th Ward, which has seen 17 projects approved for the area south of South Boulevard, running from Chicago Avenue to Asbury.
The 3rd, 4th, 7th and 9th Wards each have seen a handful of conversions, with smaller numbers in the 5th and 6th Wards. The city data shows no condominium conversion projects approved in the 1st or 2nd wards since January 2003.
The conversion projects, while more numerous than new condo construction projects, have fewer total units. The city has approved disclosure documents for 13 new construction condo projects since January 2003 with a total of 853 units.
The pipeline of new condo construction also is still lively. About 10 planned development projects with a total of several hundred units have been approved by City Council, but haven’t reached the disclosure document approval stage yet.
Shifting housing mix
The 2000 census showed that Evanston had 30,615 housing units — 49 percent rental units, 31 percent single-family detached homes and 20 percent townhouses, condos and co-ops not held as rental property.
If trends of the past three-and-a-half years are projected onto the full decade, the city could see an increase of about 3,000 housing units by 2010.
Condo conversions are only being partially offset by construction of new rental properties. So far this decade only one major rental project, The Reserve, a 193-unit complex at 1910-1940 Ridge Ave., has been completed
And only a few new single family homes are being built, while a few also are being torn down and replaced with condos or townhouses.
So by 2010 Evanston’s housing mix might be 42 percent rentals, 29 percent single family detached homes and 30 percent townhouses, condos and co-ops.