Slightly altered plans have been revealed for the upcoming mixed-use proposal at 900 Clark Street in Evanston. In the works for over a year, the structure would rise on the corner of Clark Street and Maple Avenue and is being led by Continuum Development, which is also behind the new curved tower at 2800 North Sheridan Road in Lincoln Park.
Updated rendering of 900 Clark St by Antunovich Associates
The new tower would replace the northern end of the Church Street Plaza development, demolishing five screens of the existing AMC theater as well as a former Chili’s restaurant, which closed this past December to make way for the project. Similar to 2800 Sheridan, 900 Clark is being designed by Antunovich Associates.
Rendering of 900 Clark Street by Antunovich Associates
The revised plans shave a floor off the proposal, bringing it down to 26 stories and 298 feet in height, from the original 305 feet. To compensate, the tower has been made slightly wider. While this results in a slight reduction of ground-floor retail space to 2,400 square feet, the project gains two additional units, bringing the total to 360.
PREVIOUS rendering of 900 Clark Street by Antunovich Associates
Of the total units, 72 will be designated as affordable. The unit mix will include 101 studios, 92 convertibles, 104 one-bedroom units, 54 two-bedroom units, and nine three-bedroom layouts. The glass-clad tower will not include on-site parking, with spaces reserved for residents in a garage across the street.
The project will now need City Council approval before moving forward. No timeline has been announced.
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i love the “onay make it wider then” response to nimbys
Exactly – it’s amusing. “we don’t want shadows! Make it shorter!” “Fine, we’ll shave off a few floors”…they don’t realize that actually means MORE shadows…they themselves are to blame for making their supposed problem actually even worse.
Even my garage can cast a fifty-foot shadow.
That’s the worst part. Rarely do NIMBYs make anything better.
In my hood, a developer asked for an extra floor in exchange for incorporating a vintage terracotta storefront. NIMBY said “No, too tall!” So he demolished the vintage facade and built a shorter building.
A second developer asked for two additional floors in exchange for providing more affordable units than required by the city. NIMBY said “Too tall! But more affordable units!” So he cancelled the extra two floors which exempt him for providing any affordable units.
How many iterations of the same design have been built in Chicago by now?
GASP
It’s almost like.. it’s a vernacular.
@drew I don’t mind the design but are we really pretending the generic glass box is some kind of vernacular particular to Chicago. Come on lol.
Chicago kinda perfected it with Mies. International style was almost born in Chicago. Maybe it’s not as sophisticated as back in the heyday of the IIT campus, Daley Center, (many others), but it’s definitely a look I do not see repping Detroit, Seattle, St. Louis, or even Milwaukee.
Newly emerging Sunbelt cities just do the blue-and-glass with maybe a chamfer or two. Chicago, big glassy box, black and blue with eccentric lines for the structure. Forced by the Fulton Market design guides, a little lazy IMO, but it’s what corporate Chicago wants.
You mean like those brick two-flats or your typical bungalow in the neighborhoods? Tens of thousands – what of it?