1500 Sheridan Road

Sheridan Road

Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan...

is the tallest building in Wilmette, Illinois

Wilmette, Illinois

Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located north of Chicago's downtown district and has a population of 27,651. Wilmette is considered a bedroom community in the North Shore district...

. The 17-story lake-side high rise was developed for use as a condominium tower. The building is located in the densely populated Plaza del Lago district, once an unincorporated area known as "No Man's Land

No Man's Land, Illinois

No Man's Land, Illinois was never an official place name, but has been used to refer to at least two areas that fit the broader meaning of No man's land.-Wilmette:...

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Use

1500 Sheridan Road is a condominium which is owned and run by the The 1500 Condominium Association. 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

Harris Bank

BMO Harris Bank is a subsidiary of Montreal-based Canadian bank Bank of Montreal. Today the bank holding company is formally named BMO Bankcorp, Inc....

 and Plaza del Lago

Plaza del Lago

Plaza del Lago is a shopping center at 1515 Sheridan Road in Wilmette, Illinois, United States which opened in 1928 as Spanish Court; it has been reported as the second-oldest shopping center in the United States designed for automobile use, and the first such center in the state of Illinois.-The...

 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.

Developers

The developers of the building was the team Plato Foufas and Joseph Stefan in 1970. The dovelopers had been completing their massive renovation of No Man's Land and The Spanish Court (Plaza del Lago).

Schools

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

High School

• Roycemore
• Alryn Day School(Special Education)
• Loyola Academy
• Regina Dominican High School
• North Shore Country Day

Middle School

• Roycemore
• Baker
• St. Frances
• St. Joseph
• North Shore Country Day
• Alryn Day School (Special Education)

Elementary School

• Roycemore
• Baker
• St. Frances
• St. Joseph
• North Shore Country Day
• Alryn Day School (Special Education)

Parking Garage Renovation

Recently the buildings parking garage experienced a water leakage in its parking garage underneath the center drive. Fotsch Associates, Inc. and Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. were hired to repair the garage. The issue with repairing was that all work needed to be done without closing the parking garage, calling for an architectural overhaul. The construction was complete with a budget of 1.4 million USD. The project is listed as Plaza Entry Renovation and Parking Lot Reconfiguration

See also

• 1616 Sheridan Road
  1616 Sheridan Road (Wilmette)
  1616 Sheridan Road is a high rise condo in Wilmette IL.. It was the first of the eight Wilmette high-rise condominiums/ apartments presently on Sheridan Road .-History:...
  
  
• Plaza del Lago
  Plaza del Lago
  Plaza del Lago is a shopping center at 1515 Sheridan Road in Wilmette, Illinois, United States which opened in 1928 as Spanish Court; it has been reported as the second-oldest shopping center in the United States designed for automobile use, and the first such center in the state of Illinois.-The...
  
  
• Definition of Condominium
  Condominium
  A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
  
  
• Sheridan Road
  Sheridan Road
  Sheridan Road is a major north-south thoroughfare that leads from Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Illinois, north to the Illinois-Wisconsin border and beyond to Racine. Throughout most of its run, it is the easternmost north-south through street, closest to Lake Michigan...
  
  
• From No Man's Land to Plaza del Lago
  From No Man's Land to Plaza del Lago
  From No Man's Land, To Plaza del Lago is a book by Robert Shea about the dispute over an unincorporated strip of land in between Wilmette and Kenilworth, Illinois. It was published in 1983, and includes photos lent from the Wilmette Historic Society. -See also:*No Man's Land, Illinois*Plaza del...
  
  
• No Man's Land
  No Man's Land, Illinois
  No Man's Land, Illinois was never an official place name, but has been used to refer to at least two areas that fit the broader meaning of No man's land.-Wilmette:...
  
  
• Definition of the Term 'No Man's Land'
  No Man's Land
  No man's land is an unoccupied area between two opposing positions.No Man's Land may also refer to:-Places:In the United Kingdom* No Man's Land, Cornwall, England* No Man's Land Fort, off the coast of England* Nomansland, Devon, England...
  
  
• No Man's Land (disambiguation)
  No Man's Land (disambiguation)
  No man's land is an unoccupied area between two opposing positions.No Man's Land may also refer to:-Places:In the United Kingdom* No Man's Land, Cornwall, England* No Man's Land Fort, off the coast of England* Nomansland, Devon, England...
  
  
• Wilmette, Illinois
  Wilmette, Illinois
  Wilmette is a village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located north of Chicago's downtown district and has a population of 27,651. Wilmette is considered a bedroom community in the North Shore district...
  
  
• Grosse Point Light
  Grosse Point Light
  The historic Grosse Point Light is located in Evanston, Illinois. Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse. Construction was completed in 1873. The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on...
  
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• Bahá'í House of Worship
  Bahá'í House of Worship
  A Bahá'í House of Worship, sometimes referred to by its Arabic name of Mashriqu'l-Adhkár ,is the designation of a place of worship, or temple, of the Bahá'í Faith...