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Recap: Planning and Development Committee

Here's a recap of our live coverage of this evening's Evanston City Council Planning and Development Committee meeting.

By Bill Smith on January 25, 2021 - 6:01 pm

Aldermen get 718 Main apartments plan

Evanston's City Council tonight is scheduled to discuss plans for a five-story mixed use building at 718-732 Main St.. The development would replace the existing Vogue Fabrics store and provide

By Bill Smith on January 25, 2021 - 10:52 am

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Office tower gets final OK

Evanston aldermen voted 8-1 Monday to give final approval to plans for a 232-foot-tall office building on Davis Street just west of Chicago Avenue. The building, originally given the address

By Bill Smith on April 28, 2020 - 6:36 pm

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Aldermen get high-rise office plan

Evanston aldermen will begin their review of two major construction projects at a virtual meeting this afternoon of the city's Planning and Development Committee. One planned development is a 220-foot tall

By Bill Smith on April 13, 2020 - 10:54 am

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Plan panel OKs downtown office tower

Evanston's Plan Commission voted near midnight Wednesday to recommend City Council approval of a 19-story office tower in the 600 block of Davis St. The tower, expected to house about

By Bill Smith on March 12, 2020 - 10:50 am

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Plan Commission gets downtown office proposal

Evanston's Plan Commission this evening is scheduled to review plans for a high-rise office tower in the 600 block of Davis Street downtown. The proposal, from Vermilion Development, calls for a

By Bill Smith on March 11, 2020 - 3:00 pm

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Office tower gets thumbs up from city staff

Revised plans for the proposed 19-story office tower at 601 Davis St. received a favorable recommendation Wednesday from Evanston's Design and Project Review Committee. But Community Development Director Johanna Leonard said

By Bill Smith on December 12, 2019 - 3:42 pm

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‘Too tall’ say foes of office tower

Three residents criticized the height of a proposed new downtown Evanston office tower during a Design and Project Review Committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. Kiera Kelly of 2436 Orrington Ave. said the

By Bill Smith on November 21, 2019 - 12:36 pm

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601 Davis tower to start formal city review

Vermilion Development's plan for a 19-story office building at 601 Davis St. will start Evanston's formal approval process at a Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Design and Project Review Committee.

By Bill Smith on November 18, 2019 - 4:57 pm

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Preservation panel to review office tower plans

Evanston's Preservation Commission has a packed agenda tonight, with a scheduled advisory review of the proposed 19-story office tower at 601 Davis St. and consideration of proposed changes to a

By Bill Smith on October 1, 2019 - 3:22 pm

Office tower plan gets mixed reviews from neighbors

Plans for an 18-story office tower at 601 Davis St. got mixed reviews from neighbors who spoke at a 4th Ward meeting at the Evanston Public Library Tuesday night. Kerry Dickson.

By Bill Smith on August 7, 2019 - 4:38 pm

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Chase: No drive-thru, no office tower

Chase Bank, which owns much of the land proposed for a new office tower in downtown Evanston, won't allow the project to move forward if it doesn't include a new

By Bill Smith on June 17, 2019 - 2:13 pm

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Aldermen reject 601 Davis tower

Evanston aldermen resoundingly rejected plans for a 33-story residential tower at 601 Davis St., Monday night refusing to even advance it from committee for a full City Council debate. Despite

By Bill Smith on January 23, 2018 - 12:12 pm

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Aldermen to review 601 Davis high-rise plan

Evanston aldermen tonight are scheduled to discuss plans for a 33-story high-rise apartment building at 601 Davis St. that asks for far more in variations from city zoning limits than

By Bill Smith on January 22, 2018 - 4:22 pm

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Davis developer offers to lease parking from city

The developer of the proposed 33-story tower at 601 Davis St. now is offering to lease 92 parking spaces in Evanston's Church Street garage. Dave Cocagne of Vermilion Development says

By Bill Smith on January 5, 2018 - 1:45 pm

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Plan Commission votes against 601 Davis

Evanston's Plan Commission voted 7-0 Wednesday night to recommend that the City Council reject plans for a 33-story apartment tower at 601 Davis St. Commissioners said they believed the building was

By Bill Smith on November 30, 2017 - 11:28 am

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