Antunovich Tower Wins Evanston Approval: 26 Stories, 360 Units
Evanston's council approved a 298-foot tower at 900 Clark by architect Antunovich Associates: 360 apartments, 72 affordable, groundbreaking set for mid-2027.
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Evanston’s City Council has approved a 26-story apartment tower at 900 Clark Street, a design by Evanston-based architect Antunovich Associates for developer Continuum Development, according to Chicago YIMBY on Nov. 11, 2026. At 298 feet, it would be the city’s second-tallest building, behind 605 Davis Street.
Why it matters
Evanston rarely approves towers of this scale, and the council vote follows a Land Use Commission recommendation in September. The architect is a local firm, which matters in a suburb where downtown height is a recurring political fight. The tower would replace the northern part of the Church Street Plaza commercial complex.
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The numbers
The building would hold 360 apartments: 193 studios, 104 one-bedrooms, 54 two-bedrooms and 9 three-bedrooms. Of those, 72 are affordable. The ground floor has about 2,500 square feet of retail and a small lobby.
The design skips a parking podium. Instead, 112 spaces would sit in a nearby garage, which keeps the street level for retail and the entry. Select units get private balconies, and residents share a rooftop deck. The outlet does not report a project cost, and we have not seen a budget, so we do not estimate one.
Context from our own series: new housing units authorized by building permits across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro fell 12.4% over the trailing 12 months through September 2026, about 1,269 units a month (U.S. Census Bureau via FRED, computed by us). In a metro where permits are shrinking, a fully entitled 360-unit tower is a notable addition to the pipeline.
What the mix and parking tell us
Our arithmetic on the reported figures: studios are 193 of 360 units, about 54%, and the 72 affordable apartments are exactly 20% of the building. The 112 garage spaces work out to roughly 0.31 spaces per apartment, a low ratio that reflects a downtown site near transit. At 298 feet over 26 stories, the average floor-to-floor height is about 11.5 feet, a typical residential figure that suggests no unusual tall-ceiling program. These are our calculations from the outlet’s numbers, not figures from the plans.
The units are mostly small, so the tower targets renters who want a downtown address over space. That is a different audience than the larger-unit buildings that dominate many suburban approvals, and it is the reason the affordable share, and not only the height, will draw attention at permit stage.
What’s next
Groundbreaking is planned for mid-2027, with completion about 17 months later, around late 2028. The next documents to watch are the building permit application and any construction financing, which would show the budget and lender. We will update this brief if either surfaces.
ON THE RECORD: The approval, architect, unit mix, height and schedule are from Chicago YIMBY (Nov. 11, 2026). The permit-trend figure is from our Census/FRED series. We did not review the council ordinance or plans ourselves.
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Quick answers
- What is the latest on 900 Clark Street?
- Evanston's council approved a 298-foot tower at 900 Clark by architect Antunovich Associates: 360 apartments, 72 affordable, groundbreaking set for mid-2027.
- Who is developing 900 Clark Street?
- Continuum Development, according to Chicago YIMBY.
- What are the key numbers for 900 Clark Street?
- stories: 26; apartments: 360; affordable units: 72.
On the record
Chicago-area new housing units authorized by building permits fell 12.4% over the trailing 12 months through September 2026 (about 1,269 units a month), per our Census/FRED series.
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Primary record
- Chicago YIMBYEvanston City Council Approves New Residential Tower