Not many students in this building, which may be good or bad depending on your perspective. Only a block from Optima Horizons and E2, where the bulk of Kellogg students are. Lots of space for the price, thick walls so no issues with neighbors. Pool, gym, and outdoor common area have been closed for the entirety of the COVID pandemic, a negative point of contrast with some of the other area buildings.

The views are great. Our broker and the building management are extremely responsive and genuinely caring. Cold has been hard on us given we are from Texas, but with the our central heating, in unit washer-dryer, and quick walk to multiple take-out spots, OV has made things simpler.

The building won’t wow you by any means, but it’s spacious and gets the job done. If given the opportunity to do it again, I would live here.

We have a great one bedroom in a prime location within Evanston. It's a 20 minute walk to the hub and close to all the necessary amenities: Target, restaurants, grocery stores, bars. The biggest downside is the building management who can't do basic things like keep the elevators running or the pool filter working, but will send emails almost daily badgering tenants about the most inane issues.

Right beside the railway so might get little noisy. Some issues with elevators.......

The location is in downtown Evanston and about a 20 minute walk to the hub so couldn't ask for more. The apartment is nice enough - the kitchen is dated and small things break (i.e. - faucets) but its fairly big and you can't hear your neighbors at all which we like. The floor to ceiling windows are nice but it can make it really cold in the winter so heat is more expensive. The building itself is old which is evidenced by the 3 pipe bursts last winter that resulted in flooding in apartments and that our elevators have worked 50% of the time we've been here. The management's response to the flooding and elevators has been atrocious. After ripping up our baseboards and putting holes in our walls they went silent for 3 months. We finally had to finish the work ourselves. Because the units are condos renters have no leverage with building management and owners are remote and unresponsive. If you want something similar I would pay a little bit more and opt for one of the other optima properties.

What I like about my condo the best is space and view (18th floor). Two bedrooms are really spacious. Since there are two bedrooms, I can use one as my study room and the other one as a family bedroom. I also highlight convenience. My building is close to McManus and other major apartments like E2, Optima Horizons, and Sherman that I can go anywhere quite easily for group meetings and get-togethers.

Very good value in terms of quality of apartment and building amenities vs. rent cost for Evanston

We love our building and apartment. The apartment is spacious and filled with lots of natural light. My only complaint is that the heat/AC seems to only have one level (high) so when we use the system its either really hot or really cold. We tend to leave it off most of the time which means lower electricity bills. The building is conveniently located in downtown Evanston and the building staff are great. Each unit is independently owned so experiences will vary greatly from unit to unit. Our owner hired Renters Warehouse to manage the property and we had a terrible experience. The unit was filthy (stains, dead bugs, white appliances were brown/black, old food in the freezer) when we moved in and it took them 3 days to send someone to clean it (and they sent a maintenance person not a cleaner). Bottom line - the unit and building are great but avoid anything managed by Renters Warehouse.

Spacious apartments with good amenities. Heated parking for the winter is great, especially if you have kids.