Public Hearing on Palos Heights Boardwalk Set for Monday

A proposed development at the Route 83 and Harlem Avenue will get another look Monday, August 4, during a public hearing at City Hall.

Representatives for the Boardwalk development will present updated plans to the City’s Planned Unit Development Commission at 7 p.m., 7607 W. College Dr.

Revisions include reducing the number of restaurants from eight to five, spread out over the same 25,000 square feet in the property formerly known as Crown and Rizza Buick.

The plan also includes more mixed-use restaurant, retail, offices, hotel and multi-family residential development, The Regional News reports.

“This makes good economic sense for Palos Heights, and we trust that our plans will move forward so that we can get started on revitalizing an important part of the city,” Chuck Allenson, a representative of 83 Harlem LLC, the corporation behind the redevelopment, told The Regional News. “Our hope is that city officials share that view and do what is needed to avoid delays. The success of this development will set a positive tone for Palos Heights.”

Additional revisions include second-floor office space in two buildings (instead of rooftop restaurant space). The plans for a 32-unit condo building have stayed the same, The Regional reports.

If approved, the plans then go to the City Council. Construction could begin as soon as the fall, with the restaurants, retail and office space projected to ope in 2015. The hotel and condominium building would tentatively open in 2016.

Get more details from The Regional News.