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Preservation Commission grants COA for Pioneer Place adaptive reuse, recommends zoning allowances
Summary
The commission granted a certificate of appropriateness for Pioneer Place at 2320 Pioneer Road to convert an empty assisted‑living building into 23 independent‑living units, approve terraces, replace windows and restore masonry, and recommended a positive advisory opinion on related planned‑development and special‑use amendments; residents raised stormwater concerns that architects said would be handled with permeable pavers and gravel retention below.
The Evanston Preservation Commission voted to grant a certificate of appropriateness for work at Pioneer Place (2320 Pioneer Road), accepting an adaptive‑reuse plan that converts former assisted‑living units into 23 independent‑living units, adds an elevator tower, rehabs porches with six modest terraces and four small balconies, replaces nonoriginal windows and doors, restores masonry and installs a north‑entry canopy.
Lenny Asaro, attorney for Covenant Living Communities and Services, described the application and the related filings to amend a planned‑development ordinance and several special‑use ordinances to allow site‑development allowances (including…
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