New Lenox Building Permits Reveal Lots Of Growth In 2017

NEW LENOX, IL - There's a reason why New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann often refers to the village of New Lenox as Will County's fastest growing community. It's because he has the data to prove it. And capitalizing on that momentum, New Lenox recently announced plans to land a Cooper's Hawk restaurant and a Pete's Fresh Market. The new businesses are poised to be built along East Lincoln Highway near the LA Fitness and Five Guys restaurant.

With the Cooper's Hawk project dominating the recent headlines, it's easy to overlook everything else that's been going on around in the community. New Lenox Patch recently obtained a tally of building permit totals from the past year, both residential and commercial properties. The village data reinforces New Lenox's contention that it's a community on the upswing. More and more people are moving to New Lenox, particularly from southern Cook County, village officials note.

"The village board and I made some very conscious decisions in terms of impact fees and marketing our community that we hope would pay off," Baldermann told Patch on Sunday night. "We're seeing tremendous residential and commercial growth despite the economy just starting to improve."

NEW LENOX BY THE NUMBERS

133

Number of permits New Lenox issued for new single-family homes between January 1 and November 30.

140

If you include the seven permits issued in December 2016, 140 is the actual number of single-family building permits that New Lenox has issued over the past year.

53

The number of apartments currently under construction at Cedar Road and Otto Drive. This is the New Lenox Horizon Senior Living Community project, a signature project for New Lenox. Patch visited the site last Friday and substantial progress has already been made on construction. The project got underway last June. Patch has reported that New Lenox Horizon will be open to people at least 62 or older whose incomes are below 60 percent of the Chicago-area median income level.

23

The number of new business registrations the village of New Lenox received over the past year.

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Images via John Ferak, Patch Editor for New Lenox, Joliet and Bolingbrook