Lombard trustees advance Burridge Plaza rezoning to second reading; consent agenda approved

Lombard trustees voted to approve on first reading zoning entitlements for a redevelopment of properties at 505 and 515 West Roosevelt Road and 1210 South Findlay Road — the project the developer calls Burridge Plaza — and moved the matter to a second reading scheduled for Aug. 21.

The Board of Trustees also approved its consent agenda, which included multiple payroll and accounts-payable items and a recommendation from the Economic and Community Development Committee to award a retail business grant to Soapy Roads of Lombard.

The zoning request before trustees covers phase 3 of the multi-phase redevelopment of the former Dania store and adjacent parcels. The package approved on first reading includes a new planned development with companion conditional uses and deviations: conditional uses for outdoor display of goods, a restaurant that includes entertainment/dancing (a banquet facility), allowing more than one building on a lot of record to permit two new outlot buildings, signage deviations, a parking deviation to allow 688 parking spaces where a strict per-tenant calculation would total 775, and a variance for sidewalk alignment on South Findlay Road because of right-of-way and grade constraints.

Trevor, village staff presenting the plan, described the three phases: Phase 1 is interior tenant buildouts in the former Dania building (work already underway); Phase 2 consists of a Bumper 2 Burger with drive-through and a separate “smoking establishment” in the former bank and auto-glass buildings (previously approved in March and in permitting); and Phase 3 is the current entitlement request for two new retail buildings adjacent to Roosevelt Road plus parking and circulation changes. Trevor said plan commission and staff recommended approval and that the plan commission voted 4–0 in June.

The proposal also includes continued cross-access discussions with the neighboring Lombard Toyota property. Presenters and staff said a new internal intersection for cross access is planned roughly 150 feet south of Roosevelt Road; staff advised the developer currently has the necessary easements to execute that configuration.

Trustees asked about pedestrian safety, sidewalks and parking. Trustee Jesse Hammersmith, co-chair of the Economic and Community Development Committee, said neighbors in District 2 raised concerns about pedestrian crossings at Roosevelt and Findlay and about walkability and bike connections. Trustee Levesque asked whether the sidewalk could be constructed along Findlay; Trevor explained the sidewalk will follow Findlay partway then bend into the site because of limited right-of-way and ADA grade constraints.

Trustee Levesque also asked whether the village should reexamine its parking code; Brandon May, parking consultant for the applicant, responded: “The parking analysis we performed was assuming everyone's self park for village code. So valet would only improve on that.” Staff said the shared-parking analysis identified peak uses so the 688 spaces are expected to meet demand across the mix of uses.

Trustees pressed the developer on financing and asked for lender confirmation before the second reading. Mark Daniel, attorney for the developer, said the current project differs from an earlier Creekview project that was delayed by rising interest rates during a prior review period; he said the developers do not anticipate similar financing delays for the Burridge Plaza project. The developer added the Dania property purchase was made in cash and will be followed by construction loans once leases are in place: “We paid cash for the property … it was a cash $13,000,000 purchase, and everything is gonna spend a lot of construction loans once we have leases,” Daniel said. Trustees asked staff to follow up on proof of financing or a lender comfort letter ahead of the second reading.

Votes at a glance: The Board approved the consent agenda by roll call (payroll and accounts-payable items, a business-district amendment, intergovernmental metering-station amendment, a retail business grant for Soapy Roads of Lombard, a Civic Center reservoir maintenance contract waiver, a final plat of consolidation for 227 SW More Myers Road, and a credit-card services agreement with Elan Financial Services). Consent items called out in the packet included payroll for the period ending 06/14/2025 ($1,042,403.21) and 06/28/2025 ($1,029,823.17); accounts-payable batches of $4,185,548.40 (06/20/2025), $439,585.65 (06/27/2025), $595,722.79 (07/04/2025) and $355,319.26 (07/11/2025); a retail grant for Soapy Roads not to exceed $17,440.29; and a Civic Center Reservoir annual warranty and maintenance contract not to exceed $62,338. The Board voted to approve the Burridge Plaza planned-development entitlements on first reading; a second reading and final vote is anticipated Aug. 21.

The first-reading approval preserves conditions and variances recommended by staff and the plan commission and leaves open the lender documentation and any final technical adjustments that staff and trustees requested be resolved prior to final action.

The board adjourned without convening an executive session.