I chose the Park Evanston after looking at some apartments during preview weekend based on location and relative price/value for amenities and location. The location is awesome and perfect for a busy student lifestyle. The building is not the newest and does not have the most flashy amenities but the units are nice enough and the community room has come in handy to host group gatherings. PLUS for students: Free printing and 2 conference rooms to host group meetings. They are prompt when maintenance requests are put into the system and the building staff (doormen, repairmen, etc) are awesome. The only major con is dealing with management as it relates to LEASING and RENTAL INSURANCE -- the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. They are very unorganized and different people will send several follow up emails requesting things that were completed months prior with another member of management staff. I've also had my apartment for 4 months and have received monthly emails about *new* items that we need to take care of to "complete our lease". Isn't my lease complete already!? HOWEVER, they do try to engage the residents with various events - brunch, candy apples for halloween, etc. Overall, I have no regrets.

The Park Evanston is located perfectly from the Jake as well as all the popular restaurants and bars in Evanston. It's also very close to the CTA and Metra station. I love the fact that there is so much natural light (it can be amazing during these short days in winter). The windows in all the rooms are huge, there is an in-built washer, dryer, dishwasher, oven and microwave. The stove is induction so that bothers me a bit but not too much. The living room space is huge and the bedrooms are comfortable, depending on what unit type you sign up for. The rent is competitive to similar buildings that are not as well located. The community aspect is lesser this year since a lot of people moved to Optima Horizons or E2. But that can be a good thing too. Last, you need to pay big bucks to book the community room for 20+ people which I don't like at all. Overall, I like it a lot, but could use a LITTLE improvement!

Luxury apartment with superb location. Best location for Kellogg MBA students, in my opinion, aside from Optima Horizons. Living right next to a Whole Foods and having a cleaners inside the building just can't be beat. Only pain point is the cleaners also collects the packages, so you can't collect packages when they are no open (e.g. outside normal business hours).

A great apartment building with 24/7 on-site security. The apartments are professionally cleaned and the carpeting is replaced for every new resident. Everyone at the front office is super helpful. There could be a better social scene in the building, there isn't a lot of social space for mingling.

The building is not up-to-date. The management jacked the rent up the day we signed the lease. They also did not tell us that our apartment would be facing directly into the middle floor of a parking garage. We've had multiple maintenance issues (mold, broken sink, bathtub, fire alarms and multiple issues with the AC unit being turned off and the building being extremely hot)

Park Evanston is in a fantastic location and is a very nice building. I chose to live here over E2 because it is above Whole Foods and close to Trader Joes and Jewel. I have a beautiful view of campus and Lake Michigan and floor to ceiling windows. The building has a rooftop pool and conference rooms that can be helpful for group meetings. There's also a doorman, parking and dry cleaning on site and a concierge to receive packages. There's a gym on the 24th floor.

I am not thrilled with the management. The pool was not always open during the pool hours and closed for the season too early in my opinion. There are no grills, which I find to be a miss, too.

I absolutely love the location! It is close to so many different things, such as Whole Foods. The management is extremely helpful and is quick to solve any problem that arises. I have lived here for about a year and will definitely be renewing my lease.

The Park Evanston charges higher rates than you could find elsewhere, but the location next to Whole Foods and a 10 minute walk to the Jake can't be beat. The gym is adequate and the social spaces are nice addition. Laundry in unit and large apartment space.

Park Evanston is in a prime location for Kellogg/Northwestern students and this convenience is one of the main draws. A very quick (8min) walk to the Jacobs building, next door to Whole Foods/Peets Coffee and within 5min walk of the beach, Metra and L, and great restaurants make it perfect. Also in-unit washer and dryers are so convenient as is the mail room downstairs with a dry-cleaning service. The building is very safe with a doorman and all of the apartments I've been in don't have any physical issues or drawbacks so you can always expect everything to work. The gym is a bit small but good enough for most workouts, pool only open for the first and last month of school essentially but otherwise there are few things to complain about. Since its a pretty safe, easy and nice apartment building it does come at a premium and can be a little costly depending on your expectations and number of roommates. In terms of expensiveness/newness the Sherman Plaza, 1717 Ridge and the Reserve are definitely fancier/newer/nicer but they will cost even more than the Park Evanston and the Reserve and 1717 Ridge are further from campus and not as close to everything in downtown Evanston.

Park Evanston is the best location in Evanston. So close to campus and right next to whole foods - can't be beat.