Government Two-year wait to build lakefront home is over Two and a half years after buying a vacant lot on Evanston's lakefront, and despite continuing objections from neighbors, Adam and Susan Sabow finally have Preservation Commission approval to build a By Bill Smith on October 10, 2018 - 10:54 am
Government Council to act on lakefront house plan A two-year dispute over plans to build a contemporary home on a vacant lot in the Lakefront Historic District reaches the Evanston City Council tonight. Adam and Susan Sabow want to build By Bill Smith on July 9, 2018 - 10:29 am
Government Edgemere dispute heads to City Council Evanston's Preservation Commission voted to reject plans for a contemporary home on a vacant lot in a lakefront historic district Tuesday, and the property owners vowed to appeal the decision By Bill Smith on June 13, 2018 - 3:36 pm
Government Lot owners try again for lakefront home The owners of a vacant lakefront lot on Edgemere Court, whose plans for a new home caused a heated controversy among neighbors two years ago, will be back before Evanston's By Bill Smith on June 12, 2018 - 2:51 pm
Government Lakefront land dispute resolved A dispute over plans to build a new home on a lakefront lot that led to angry exchanges among neighbors at a Preservation Commission meeting last year was quietly resoved By Bill Smith on January 10, 2017 - 4:11 pm
Real Estate Plans for lakefront home tabled Angry neighbors on private Edgemere Court sent architects of a new home planned for an empty lot on the block back to the drawing boards at an Evanston Preservation Commission By Bill Smith on May 18, 2016 - 11:21 am
Real Estate A dispute over intent Evanston's Preservation Commission will get to weigh in Tuesday night on whether to approve a new lakefront home that city officials concede meets all the city's zoning rules, but -- staff By Bill Smith on May 16, 2016 - 3:41 pm
Real Estate Vacant lot was biggest sale last month A vacant lot brought the highest sale price of any property in Evanston last month -- a vacant lot that happens to be right on Lake Michigan. The property, at By Bill Smith on April 15, 2016 - 4:10 pm