Format
Brief
City
Evanston
State/Province
IL
Country
USA
Metro Area
Chicago
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Suburban Business District
Land Uses
Entertainment
Hotel
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Downtown revitalization
Public-private partnership
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Finalist
Site Size
7.2
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2000
Date Opened
2003
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A product of a public/private endeavor among Arthur Hill & Co., the city of Evanston, and Northwestern University, Church Street Plaza is a $181 million mixed-use development around transit with 174,000 gross leasable square feet (16,165 m2) of retail, restaurant, and entertainment space. Considered the catalyst for downtown Evanston’s decade-long resurgence, Church Street Plaza took advantage of a creative financing and partnership model to revitalize the urban core. The 7.2-acre (2.9-ha) project serves as a gateway between downtown Evanston and Northwestern University and also includes an 18-screen cinema, a 178-room hotel, a 204-unit condominium building, a 195,000-square-foot (59,436-m2) office building, and a 1,400-car parking garage.
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Format
Brief
City
Evanston
State/Province
IL
Country
USA
Metro Area
Chicago
Project Type
Mixed Use
Location Type
Suburban Business District
Land Uses
Entertainment
Hotel
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Keywords
Downtown revitalization
Public-private partnership
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Finalist
Site Size
7.2
acres
acres
hectares
Date Started
2000
Date Opened
2003
Master Developer/Owner
Arthur Hill & Co., LLC
Evanston, IL
Developers
Regent Partners, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Mesirow Stein Real Estate, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Owners
Hilton Hotel
Beverly Hills, CA
Optima, Inc.
Glencoe, IL
Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellscheft
Köln, Germany
Master Planner/Design Architect
ELS Architecture and Urban Deisgn
Berkeley, CA
Architect of Record
DeStefano + Partners
Chicago, Illinois
Website
www.churchstreetplaza.com
Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig
ULI Awards for Excellence 2008 Finalist