What a difference four months, and plan revisions, can make.
A proposed housing subdivision that was so negatively viewed when first presented in May that it never made it before the Burr Ridge Village Board was revamped and got the wholehearted support of village officials this week.
Fifty-two single-family homes, geared at seniors, will be built by David Weekley Homes at Burr Ridge Parkway and Bridewell Drive, west of the Marriott Hotel. It will be the biggest housing subdivision in the village since Savoy Club was finished in 2012.
Like Savoy Club and Lake Ridge Club, Weekley’s Lakeside Pointe of Burr Ridge will have private streets and common areas rather than private yards.
Five or six different styles of houses will range from 2,200 to 3,300 square feet of space and range in price from $650,000 to the mid $800,000s.
“We are pleased. The revised plan has a lot more features that are vintage Burr Ridge,” Mayor Mickey Straub said after trustees unanimously approved the Weekley plan. “It has curved streets and landscaping.”
Straub said he was happy that the developer believed in Burr Ridge enough to go back to the drawing board and revise the initial plans. Initially, Weekley had sought 75 homes on the same 22.5-acre lot.
Members of the village’s Plan Commission rejected Weekley’s initial proposal as being far too dense. Weekley pulled the proposal before it advanced to the Village Board for final consideration.
Kevin Seay, land acquisition manager for Weekley, said homes would be built as they are purchased and expects the subdivision to be built out within three years of starting. He said the company would plan to get all required engineering work and permits completed this winter so that when weather breaks in the spring, construction can begin.
“We would like to sell between 1.5 and 2 homes per month … It might take us about four months to build each of the homes,” Seay said. ‘So when we finish the sale of the last home, you would think there would be another four or five months beyond that.”
In order for the subdivision to happen, the village needed to change the zoning on the property from office to residential.
Doug Pollock, community development director, said the Plan Commission determined the property is suitable for residential use.
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“They believe it is unlikely to be developed under the current zoning, which is office district, and is undesirable for retail or industrial uses,” Pollock said.
Trustee Guy Franzese said he was pleased that the developer heard the concerns of residents and revised the subdivision plan.
“Thank you for listening to residents at two Plan Commission meetings, listening to them about their concerns about density, concerns about traffic and concerns for enhancing the village,” Franzese said.
Kevin Beese is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press