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Commission recommends Hawthorne Mall townhomes with changes to parking and median maintenance
Summary
After a continued hearing, the commission recommended approval of a 46-unit townhome plan at Hawthorne Mall, approving revised Building 9A/9B layouts and interim parking-management measures while adding a requirement that the mall irrigate and maintain a planted median between the townhomes and the AMC theater.
The Vernon Hills Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday recommended changes to the Hawthorne Mall planned-unit development that would allow construction of 46 townhomes on the mall campus, subject to revised building layouts, parking-management testing, and a maintenance commitment for a planted median.
Tim Anderson, CEO of Focus Development, said the townhome product would broaden housing options at the mall redevelopment and that timing matters: completing the townhomes while phase 2 of the redevelopment is underway would let the developer concentrate construction and reduce disruption. Sheila Eustace and the Focus team…
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