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Originally Posted by Chicago Shawn
Good news on the first approval. I predict that final approval will take a few months.
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you might not have to wait that long. preliminary approval was granted by the full council last night with finalization expected at the next city council meeting on march 23. all 6 alderman who voted in support at the P&D meeting, again voted in favor this time, even with the 5 year extension that the developer asked for, so the NIMBYs are really out of ammunition at this point, unless some big unknown game changing aspect about this project comes out.
from evanstonnow.com
No minds changed on tower
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2009, at 9:54 am
Bill Smith
Plans for the 35-story Fountain Square tower project received preliminary approval from the full Evanston City Council Monday -- with the extension of time developers requested to begin construction.
full article:
http://www.evanstonnow.com/story/new...anged-on-tower