Evanston aldermen Monday revised the proposal for redeveloping the Kendall College property, adding a requirement that at least four single-family homes be under roof before construction begins on the four townhomes in the project.
Evanston aldermen Monday revised the proposal for redeveloping the Kendall College property, adding a requirement that at least four single-family homes be under roof before construction begins on the four townhomes in the project.
They also asked the city’s legal staff to draft a provision that would keep the project on the tax rolls if the developer, Smithfield Properties, were to resell the site to a non-profit entity.
And they gained a promise from the developer to hire 10, rather than the previously proposed five, Evanston residents to work on the project.
The aldermen voted 6 – 2 to introduce the ordinance and refer it back to committee for further discussion. The proposal will ultimately require seven votes from the nine-member council to rezone the property for the new use, because neighbors submitted sufficient petition signatures to trigger the super-majority requirement.
The developer, Smithfield Properties, proposes building 16 single family homes priced at about $1.6 million and four duplex units priced at nearly $1 million each on the full-block site at 2408 Orrington Ave.