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The village council grappled with the stickiest of wickets Tuesday night, entertaining nearly two and a half hours of comments for and against Fairview Village’s petition to re-zone Lynn Gremer Court on the west side of Fairview Avenue from R-3 single-family to R-5a townhouse use. A respected corporate neighbor, Fairview Village proposes building four eight-unit [...]

The Plan Commission last night voted 4-3 to recommend approval of a Fairview Village petition to build four multi-family buildings on the west side of Fairview Avenue at Lynn Gremer Court and to rezone the property from R-3 single family residential to R-5A townhouse residential. The petition was remanded to the Plan Commission by the [...]

I spoke with Fairview Village executive vice president Steve Stewart late last week to better understand why the senior adult community postponed the presentation of its petition to the plan commission last week. Stewart’s demeanor was professional and thoughtful, but it was also clear he is frustrated by the controversy surrounding plans to build four [...]

Fairview Village’s proposal to build four multi-family units on the west side of Fairview Avenue was to have been heard by the plan commission Monday, but for reasons that remain unclear, the senior citizen community put off submission of the petition. You’ll recall that Fairview Village’s plan to expand its campus across Fairview has raised [...]

The plan commission last night recommended approval of a mixed use retail and residential condominium building at the site of the former TCF Bank at Forest and Gilbert. The proposed development, like other similar buildings in the downtown district, would include first-floor retail and restaurant space with condos ranging from about $350,000 to $650,000 above. [...]

Council-watchers will be interested to see how commissioners respond to the Ad Hoc Committee on Housing’s final report at tonight’s workshop session. Of particular interest is whether the council will accept the report as the final word that there is no looming shortage of affordable housing in Downers Grove — or whether there will be [...]

The Downers Grove Plan Commission voted unanimously to recommend against allowing cell phone towers in Gilbert and Hummer parks. The commission said T-Mobile did not meet standards for a special use permit for the towers. Commissioners felt the towers would be more appropriately situated in industrial areas. However, locating in those areas would require a [...]