E2 Apartments

they are terribly inconsistent with their leasing policy. Wifi is down more often than not. Rent is expensive but everything is cheaply made. Their leasing manager is extremely rude and actually insults the tenants. Would not recommend.

Terrible place to live. Think the Ikea of apartments. It looks nice but everything is made so cheaply. The appliances, the elevators and the Internet NEVER work and they don’t allow you to find your own internet provider. There were multiple issues with the front door lock and multiple break-​ins. The list goes on… do yourself a favor and move in somewhere else.

The internet is down almost every week in this apartment. If you’re planning on moving here, don’t let the office lie to you and tell you that it is fixed. They «fixed» the problem at least two dozen times now. If you like the internet, don’t move here.

My wife and I visited E2 Apartments based on a friend’s recommendation, our desire to live in Evanston with easy access to Chicago, and an invitation we received to attend an art gallery event at E2 Apartments. We were very impressed with all the apartment complex has to offer, the amenity floor is incredible (a full basketball court, are you kidding me?!). We felt fortunate to have had a great tour with the manager of the building. He showed us several units — all were great. The finishes and the layouts would work really well for us. Our current lease expires in a few a months. We’re excited and planning to move to E2 in August.

I moved to E2 in late August and could not be more satisfied. The apartments are very nice, all brand new and ascetically pleasing. I especially love the ease of the location, washer dryers in unit, beautiful gym, garage, and amazing amenities. The deck area is gorgeous with pool, hot tub, lounge areas, cabanas, electric fire places, and stainless steal weber grills. Also, you are walking distance to all Evanston has to offer, lake included.
Another fabulous part of E2 is the excellent staff. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. Maressa in the office helped me get settled with paperwork and move in. She is extremely helpful and nice. Salco, the head front desk manager and is also amazing, always so friendly and helpful. I have the most contact with those employees but everyone on staff has been nothing but kind and friendly.
I would highly recommend E2 to anyone looking for an apartment in Evanston. You will not be disappointed!

This is a great place to live. The staff is professional and friendly, and their efforts are directed to keeping the tenants happy. As a 60-​year-​old who downsized from a large suburban home, I was not confident about the transition to an apartment in a large building. But everything has worked out well and beyond my expectations.
I write from the perspective of someone who is older than most tenants, and was one of the very first people to move into the building. This place does not have a majority of college students as tenants, as one reviewer suggested. In fact, in my time here, I have met many tenants, not one of whom is a college student.
Perhaps the single largest demographic in the building consists of Kellogg students. The difference between Kellogg students and college students is quite vast. Kellogg students are responsible young adults, which is likely attributable to the fact that each and everyone of them has spent their post-​college years in the real world. Although I am old enough to be their father, I have found them to be friendly and fun to talk to. And when it comes to getting help with my inferior computer skills, I have readily found more willing guides than you would find in your local Apple Store.
The place is not perfect — nowhere is –but in my opinion, it’s as good as it gets.

I feel very lucky to live here. The amenities really are wonderful. There seems to me to be a nice mix of residents so far with some families, as well as some students. Given that we are moments from Northwestern and there is actually university housing in the same block, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there is a significant student population here. However, the facilities are always clean and since my apartment looks over the pool deck, I can see that they clean out there every morning. The amount of sunlight that comes in through all the windows is great, and they are pet friendly, so my cat gets to enjoy the sunlight too! The pool is designed for laps and has 2 lanes which is great, there is also a hot tub with jets. The gym has treadmills, ellipticals, benches, Dumbbells, leg press and a couple other machines. There are lots of tables in the common area where I can go down to get work done. The cabanas are great to hang out in on hot days by the pool, but I do wish they would have invested in anti-​rust curtain rods as they have already begun to rust.
Obviously with any new building, there will be some unforeseen issues, such as the curtain rods, but on the whole, this place has everything I could hope for and seems to be turning into a great community as more people move in. I am beyond satisfied. Also, location is great with 2 train stations within walking distance, as well as Northwestern, and downtown Evanston around the corner.

I want to preface this by saying that I have only been in the building for one week. I will gladly update or re-​review after I have been here for a while.
I moved here because Evanston has been a place that I have always liked. My employment situation allowed me to move to Evanston and look at higher-​end apartments. I visited and toured 1717 Ridge, Central Station, and the Amli Apartments. I almost did not visit E2 because I was burnt out of touring but I am so fortunate that I did.
All I can say is — Amenities! Outdoor rooftop pool, 4 grill stations with bar top to eat on the rooftop, basketball court, gym with dumbbells up to 100 pounds, theater room.
Service! Marissa (leasing agent), Salko (day concierge), Sandy (night concierge) — They all have been welcoming and unbelievably helpful in answering questions. I can’t say enough great comments about them. I look forward to their continued service.
Yes, there are a larger percentage of students living in the building (we are 3 blocks from Northwestern) but my observation has been that they are older and professional graduate students. For me, it adds to the youth and energy of the building. I would agree that they could do a better job at monitoring the trash around the 4^th floor common areas during the weekend to accommodate for the late nighters.
I couldn’t be happier to call E2 home. I look forward to a wonderful living experience.

Thank you Justin, everything is fixed and I am adjusting to the younger residents. The staff/​office have done a great job.

Once you move in, management becomes entirely unresponsive. Amenities break (or never function), pools of dog urine form in the elevators, and any requests to repair the features you are paying for disappear into a bureaucratic void.
Sandy at the front desk is indeed great, as are some of the other door people, but unfortunately the same cannot be said for the management team.

We recently moved to E2 and had a really great move-​in experience. Sandy, one of the concierge/​front desk employees, was so helpful in coordinating our use of the loading dock and service elevator. She went above and beyond and really made my first experiences at E2 pleasant ones. Overall, we are very happy with our decision to move to E2.
While the building, its staff, amenities, and our unit are awesome, I have had a couple of experiences that weren’t so pleasant. It seems that unaccompanied minors (and their friends who do not live in the building) are allowed to run freely throughout the building, oftentimes on the pool deck or climbing on the workout room equipment without adult supervision. This is a huge liability for Greystar (the management company) and it also negatively impacts residents of E2 who are legally on a lease and are paying customers. I’m not typically a «get off my lawn» type of individual, but it’s a little ridiculous to have 8 pre-​teen children running around staking claim to every part of the common areas.
Hopefully these types of issues will be managed in the future and all will be well in the land of E2!