“It’s giving the empty nester more choices, and that’s always good for the consumer. It’s almost a 24-hour environment, although the clubs and restaurants are usually shut down by 12 or 2, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing, either. You can live an urban style and not be exposed to the population and the traffic that exists in Chicago.”
– Garry Benson, founder of Garrison Partners Consulting, on the appeal of Evanston.
Benson’s firm is marketing an 18-story, 165-unit tower in downtown Evanston. The city – about 20 miles from the Loop – expects about 400 new units to hit the market between now and 2009, according to an article in today’s Trib.
In December, YoChicago conducted a series of video interviews with Garry and Christine Lutz from Garrison Partners. Check out our YouTube channel to see more.