Controversial apartment building plan in Des Plaines could get council's final OK on Monday
The massive building is proposed for the northwest corner of Graceland and Webford avenues. It would contain 131 apartments, a restaurant and lounge, a rooftop swimming pool, a 179-space parking garage and other amenities.
Barrington-based Compasspoint Development is behind the plan, which has drawn big crowds of opponents to nearly every city council meeting at which it's been up for discussion. They've primarily raised concerns about traffic, safety and aesthetics. The plan's last big step forward came in August when the council voted to make the proposed construction site part of the city's central business district. That move was necessary, the developer said, because seven-story buildings are allowed within the business district but not in the general commercial zone the land had been within.
That aspect of the plan generated controversy when city officials revealed the purchase price of the city parking lot that's part of the site would drop to $10 from $300,000 if the developer promised to create the park on Webford.
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