New Development Will Add 68 Family Homes To Skokie

SKOKIE, IL — The Skokie Village Board advanced plans for a new residential development that will add 68 family homes to the community.

The property at 4600 Main Street will include 24 two-bedroom townhomes and 44 three-bedroom townhomes, each with its own two-car garage. The development will also include unfenced open green space, as well as a central open green space amenity.

The currently vacant lot is owned by the Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, which has agreed to sell the land in the townhome devlopment is approved. The school relocated to 7787 Gross Point Road in 2024.

A total of 158 parking spaces will be provided for residents and 22 guest parking spaces will be available at four locations. The property will also include accessible parking spaces and two parking spaces for electric vehicles.

Before residents move in, the site will also be improved by moving all utilities underground and adding four below-ground stormwater chamber detention systems.

This will be Chicago-based developing firm Fulton Street Companies's first suburban project.

Under the village's affordable housing ordinance, the project would be required to have 5 percent of units, approximately four units for this property, be classified as affordable. Instead of including affordable units, the developer asked that they be allowed to pay a cash payment of $450,000 in lieu of providing affordable units.

The board ultimately voted to allow the developers to pay $450,000 instead of including affordable units.

During the public comments section, many community members expressed concern about increased traffic as families move into the new development. Officials said they will take the concerns into consideration, but don't foresee any major issues with traffic arising.

"We will work with the developer to make sure that the process is as painless as it can be," Mayor Ann Tennes said at the meeting. We know construction is messy and cumbersome, but we will do our best to stay on top. And I have every faith that the developer will indeed, from the start, be a good neighbor."

Trustees voted 5-2 in favor of the development, with Trustees Lissa Levy and Gail Schechter voting against. The plan will now advance to a draft ordinance and will be presented to the Board at a future meeting.