Margie Ritchie

Orland Park's Planning and Economic Development Committee this week approved recommendations for two large retail developments. Plans for a 115-acre development includes a 148,000-square-foot Costco Wholesale at 159th Street and...

Orland Bowl, 8601 W. 159th St. in Orland Park, will soon get a new outdoor seating area and two outdoor sand volleyball courts, despite some village officials' fears that the...

The Orland Park Plan Commission this week approved plans for a proposed 150,000-square-foot Costco store, a Lexus car dealership and a new mixed-use plan called Orland Crossing for the former...

Project's density worries officials Trustees sent a proposed mixed-use development near 179th Street and Wolf Road back to committee this week, citing concerns about the project's density. Fountain Village, a...

Work on a new 739 space commuter parking lot at the 153rd Street Metra Station, complete with a pedestrian tunnel and new access roads to 159th Street and 108th Avenue,...

A proposed 65,000-square-foot retail center at 179th Street and Wolf Road moved closer to reality this week when the village's planning and economic development committee unanimously approved the project. Residents...

The village hopes to transform its Interstate Highway 80 corridor into offices, restaurants, hotels and shops and creating an employment hub in Will County that could one day provide an...

The Orland Elementary School District 135 board this week appointed Karen Udell to the new position of assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Udell, who will receive an annual...

Village officials are considering a tax increment financing district for the Main Street Triangle District, an area the village hopes one day to transform into a pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented, mixed-used development....

Robert Sullivan, community development director, was recently awarded a Distinguished Service Award for 2004 from the Illinois American Planning Association. Sullivan has worked for the village since 1990. He was...