Fountain Square Tower Proposal Tabled
The ongoing and fiercely contested debate over the proposed Klutznick-Fisher Development 49 story Fountain Square Tower to be built on 708 Church Street turned the page on another chapter in late February. Local residents and members of the Evanston Coalition for Responsible Development attended the regular Planning and Development Committee meeting to express their concerns and opposition to the project.
The Daily Northwestern reported that the citizen group was well prepared to present their side of the argument and had an ample supply of printed material to back up their concerns. The group even maintains a website that debunks what they claim are ‘myths’ about the supposed benefits that the high-rise will bring. Some of the most common ones they pinpoint are that the development will add almost 2.5 million in yearly tax revenue, which they claim is inaccurate.
What could have been a heated debate was postponed because other city business caused the meeting to run late. The next meeting is scheduled for March 10th, but the planned agenda is likely to run late again, so another meeting has been set aside on March 17th to specifically discuss the proposal.
In other business, the request for $300,000 to help fund three affordable condos in a project on 241 Callan Avenue was defeated. A previous post covered that proposed project.
There’s no way to predict if the Fountain Square Tower will break ground or not. If it does, it will rank as the tallest suburban residential building outside of Chicago Condos high-rises.
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