Board tables rezoning request for Old Varsity Club site after mixed trustee views

Apr 8, 2025

Property owner Joe Krasovec proposed demolishing the Old Varsity Club to build a duplex and asked to rezone the parcel from B-1 to R-2; the Plan Commission recommended approval but the Village Board voted to table the matter until a full board can consider it.

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Joe Krasovec asked the Plan Commission and Village Board to allow construction of a duplex on the parcel that formerly housed the Old Varsity Club. Krasovec told the Plan Commission he had intended to remodel and reopen the bar and restaurant but design challenges led him to propose tearing down the building and building a duplex.

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