Professional members of Design Evanston met with the development team: Evan Meador and Will Hunter with Continuum Capital; Aaron Galvin with Luxury Living Chicago; and Joseph Antunovich and Patrick Cusak with Antunovich Associates, Architects on Jan. 28 to review their proposed project at 900 Clark Street.
The proposed development is a 27-story, 358-unit residential high-rise that will be located at the southeast corner of Maple Avenue and Clark Street. The site is occupied by a portion of the AMC 12 Evanston Theater and ground floor retail and restaurant tenants. The building will include apartments ranging in size from studios to multi-bedroom penthouse units. Seventy-two of the units will be inclusionary affordable housing units. The building is located in a prime transit-oriented location. It will use existing available parking spaces at the adjacent Maple Street city garage.
The ground floor will be activated by a retail space and widened sidewalks and a dedicated drop-off/delivery area. The building facade will incorporate the latest sophisticated metal and glass curtain wall system and be bird friendly. The building is intended to be highly sustainable and energy efficient, with all electric apartment units. Three Green Globes Certification and Stretch Energy Code compliance is intended…