Developer scales back plans for controversial South Park Street project


Developer scales back plans for controversial South Park Street project


A developer is offering a downsized proposal for the site consisting of the Jade Garden restaurant and adjacent properties that seeks to address neighborhood concerns about the height of buildings on fast-evolving South Park Street.

Walter Wayne Development, based in Madison and Rochelle, Illinois, has a purchase agreement with owner Sue Jiang to buy the land, which includes Jade Garden and three other properties, to develop a three-story, mixed-use project that would offer 2,600 square feet of first-floor commercial space, 44 apartments, 40 enclosed or underground parking spaces and 19 surface spaces.

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Ken Notes: I just hope we remember that height can help reduce a developers overall costs and this should lower rents. I would negotiate for lower market rate units say sub $800 and keep the height. Just a thought.

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