FIFIELD COS., CARROLL PROPERTIES BREAK GROUND ON E2 IN EVANSTON

EVANSTON, ILL. — Co-developers Fifield Cos. and Carroll Properties have broken ground on E2, a 356-unit luxury apartment project in downtown Evanston. The development will include two buildings located at 1881 Oak Ave. and 1890 Maple Ave., about 19 miles north of Chicago. The property at 1881 Oak will span 16 stories and 1890 Maple will include 14 stories. The buildings will be connected by a four-story structure that will feature three floors of parking and a fourth-floor amenity deck. The majority of the development will be luxury rentals, but the property will also offer 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 12 street-level, three-bedroom townhomes along Emerson Street. The three-story E2 townhomes range in size from 1,600 square feet to 1,750 square feet and have three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and a third-floor outdoor deck. Apartment tower units at E2 will range from 500 to 1,300 square feet and offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. FitzGerald Associates Architects will serve as the principal architect for the project, while Evanston-based Morgante Wilson Architects will be the interiors architect and will design three models for E2.