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Council directs inclusion of up to $900,000 in TIF assistance for Dream Clean car wash, Starbucks site on Route 59
Summary
The Warrenville City Council voted June 15 to direct the city attorney to include up to $900,000 in tax increment financing assistance in a development agreement for a Dream Clean car wash and a Starbucks planned on Route 59; the assistance would fund public infrastructure and offset land costs and will appear for council consideration July 6.
Warrenville — The City Council on June 15 directed the city attorney to include up to $900,000 in tax increment financing assistance in a development agreement for a proposed Dream Clean car wash and an associated Starbucks on Route 59 between Duke Parkway and Estes.
Community and Economic Development Director Amy Emory told council the request — prepared with analysis from consultant SB Friedman — is intended to fund public infrastructure improvements, contingencies and an offset to land costs that would help secure the Starbucks location. "The request for assistance will provide for public infrastructure improvements, some associated contingencies and incentives for the Starbucks," Emory said, adding that all requested incentives are TIF-eligible and that assistance would not be disbursed until improvements are made and inspected.
Mitch Sabadok, director of development for Dream Clean Car Wash, said Dream Clean would receive the assistance (not Starbucks directly) and described plans for a three-parcel site, with one parcel likely marketed to daycare or low-intensity medical or professional-office uses. "Part of the strategy is to wait until Starbucks starts getting a little bit further along in their process. That kind of drives a little bit of attention to the area," Sabadok said.
Alderman Lockett pressed whether the assistance was necessary to secure Starbucks and sought assurance the funds would be used for infrastructure rather than paid straight to a franchisee. Emory replied that the assistance would be paid to the property owner, Dream Clean, and would support roadway, utility and pedestrian improvements, including an upgraded access point off Duke Parkway, internal water looping and enhanced sidewalks and lighting.
Lockett moved to direct the city attorney to include the $900,000 TIF assistance amount in the development agreement and to bring the zoning and site entitlements back for council consideration on July 6; the motion carried by voice vote.
The request will be incorporated into a development agreement to be reviewed at the council’s July 6 meeting. If approved in a future vote, the city says payments would be made only after project completion and inspection.
What happens next: The zoning and development-entitlement items related to the site are scheduled for council consideration July 6 with the development-agreement language to reflect the TIF inclusion recommendation.
