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Commission backs amended plan for 1611 Church Street, citing adaptive reuse and affordability tradeoffs
Summary
The commission voted 7–0 to recommend amendments and major variations allowing two additional dwelling units at 1611 Church Street, citing adaptive reuse, stormwater mitigation investments and the project’s contribution of “missing middle” ownership units, despite commissioners’ concerns about higher inclusionary housing fees.
The Evanston Land Use Commission on Feb. 11 recommended approval, by a 7–0 vote, of an amendment to rezoning ordinance No. 59-0-24 and major variations to allow modifications to the approved development plan for 1611 Church Street (applicant CSE 16 11 LLC). The motion included five staff-recommended conditions and will go to City Council for final action.
Applicant Tom Gergachon described an adaptive-reuse redevelopment of a roughly 12,400-square-foot former industrial building into townhouse-style ownership units with shared common spaces. Gergachon told commissioners the project has been affected by higher construction costs and labor shortages and that extensive stormwater mitigation already installed on-site added substantial expense: he estimated…
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