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Planning board recommends approval for 32‑unit senior housing at Riverstone Commercial Park
Summary
The Kankakee City Planning Board recommended approval of a conditional use permit for a three‑story, 32‑unit senior housing building at Lot 5 in Riverstone Commercial Park; the board attached standard site‑plan and licensing conditions and will forward the case to city council on May 4.
Roger Brown, president of New Directions Housing Corporation, presented a proposal for a three‑story senior housing building of 32 units on a vacant lot in the Riverstone Commercial Park near Walmart and Dollar General. “This project here that we're proposing is 32 units of senior housing,” Brown said, describing 22 one‑bedroom and 10 two‑bedroom units, a management office, community and exercise rooms, laundry facilities and on‑site parking.
Brown said the site is roughly three acres in Riverstone Parkway commercial subdivision and that the development would meet parking requirements without variances; he stated the site plan shows about 40 parking…
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