1500 Sheridan Road is the tallest building in Wilmette, Illinois.[1] The 17-story[1] lake-side high rise was developed for use as a condominium tower.[2] The building is located in the densely populated Plaza del Lago district,[3] once an unincorporated area known as "No Man's Land."[3]
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1500 Sheridan Road is a condominium which is owned and run by the The 1500 Condominium Association.[4] Its amenities include a private beach, a scenic outdoor pool, a parking garage (with 2 garage spaces per condo), lake and treetop views, a party room, premier service staff, and an exercise room.
The building is close to a Harris Bank and Plaza del Lago shopping center, blocks from purple line CTA station, on Sheridan Road (a popular commuter roadway), adjacent to doctors offices in the 1625 Sheridan Road, short distance from 4th and Linden Shopping, walking distance from Langdon park/ beach, close to Gilson park/ beach, short distance from Wilmette Harbor, Close to Michigan Shores and Sheridan Shores clubs, and a short drive to the landmark Bahai Temple.
The developers of the building was the team Plato Foufas and Joseph Stefan[3] in 1970.[5] The dovelopers had been completing their massive renovation of No Man's Land and The Spanish Court (Plaza del Lago).[3]
The elementary and middle school district is Wilmette District 39. The public high school is district 203. The building's local elementary school is Central School, which goes from kindergarten to fourth grade. In middle school kids go to Highcrest Middle School for fifth and sixth, and Wilmette Junior High for seventh and eighth grade. Freshman year students go to the freshman campus of New Trier, which is located in Northfield, Illinois. From grades ten through twelve students go to the East campus of New Trier located in Winnetka, Illinois
Local Private Schools Include[6]
High School
Middle School
Elementary School
Recently the buildings parking garage experienced a water leakage[4] in its parking garage underneath the center drive.[4] Fotsch Associates, Inc. and Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. were hired to repair the garage.[4] The issue with repairing was that all work needed to be done without closing the parking garage, calling for an architectural overhaul.[4] The construction was complete with a budget of 1.4 million USD.[4] The project is listed as Plaza Entry Renovation and Parking Lot Reconfiguration[7]