The Cary Village Board is set to give a final answer on a proposed mixed-use luxury community Tuesday that have many residents left concerned over a road extension that would connect a neighborhood street to Route 31.

The city of St. Charles is seeking interested developers with proposals that contribute to an ongoing plan to redevelop a portion of First Street downtown.

Rochelle put out a request for proposals (RFP) on Sept. 24, 2025, for developers interested in purchasing and building on the former site of Hickory Grove, City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh said.

DeKalb’s transit center plans advance with land donation approval near Dresser Road.

Earlier this year, village trustees unanimously approved plans for the 12,500-square-foot grocery store. Benderson Development Company, LLC. plans to build a grocery store along with another building.

The City of Rochelle and Rochelle Municipal Utilities are in “serious talks” with a developer about a data center locating within city limits in the near future, City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh said Oct. 15, 2025. 

Developer JM Development has reduced the number of units from 239 units to 202 units on the 12.34 acre property in Oswego. That includes 172 apartments and 30 townhouses.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday for the biggest private residential project in downtown Joliet.

The 502-acre Project Steel data center developers presented Yorkville city officials a traffic impact study running through 2044. The developer’s plans involve installing two new roundabouts and realigning Beecher Road to connect with Corneils Road.

The Lockport Committee of the Whole gave initial approval to a plan to purchase half of the 1035 S. State St. property for use as public parking on Wednesday.

The ribbon cutting will be held 4 p.m. Thursday 331 N. Ottawa St. in Joliet.

The meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 22 will provide information on recent past and future possible uses for stretch of land near Old Joliet Prison.

The DeKalb City Council this week presented a new plan for reconfiguring traffic at North First Street and Sycamore Road near Clinton Rosette Middle School. The new proposal doesn't include a roundabout.

The recently closed Hearthstone senior and nursing care facility in Woodstock is now up for sale, with the seller touting the possibility of redeveloping the property.

Joliet city staff wants more time to review the plan and will ask the Plan Commission to reschedule to Nov. 20.

As demolition work nears an end at Spring Hill Mall, West Dundee officials are looking forward to reimagining the property.

Chicago Street will be closed from Van Buren Street to Clinton Street for approximately three weeks in downtown Joliet.

The Chicago Bears are poised to move to the suburbs. But are Illinois lawmakers – and local taxpayers – going to help them do it?

Huntley has approved a new residential development that will brings hundreds more homes to the Kane County side of town.

The Sterling City Council unanimously OK'd an ordinance Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, that will map a portion of the city as a River Edge Redevelopment Zone, an action that could provide up to $50 million in tax incentives for economic development along the city's riverfront.

The City of Lockport has agreed to purchase the former Dellwood Tire property in order to redevelop it.

State Sen. Cristina Castro, D-Elgin, secured more than $12 million for construction and road improvement projects Elgin, Carpentersville, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg and Barrington Hills.

Kane County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Flood ruled this week that Geneva developer Shodeen Group cannot evade the city’s legal right to enforce property code standards. The dispute began over the city's insistence that a tarp be placed on top of an 1840s blacksmith shop.

While some may be skeptical, numerous examples of progress within Kankakee County municipalities were shared Thursday at the county's first-ever State of Municipality luncheon.

The village of Romeoville is considering a plan to construct a new commercial space at Weber Road and Normantown Road including two new restaurants.

Two different redevelopment proposals, both with apartments, have emerged for the former Die Cast site in downtown Woodstock.

The development features 36 one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom units, located at 1356 Sycamore Road in Yorkville.

A new grocery store is expected to open on the ground level of the former Fanatico Restaurant building in DeKalb, with financial aid awarded this week from the City Council. The old restaurant was the site of a fire, and later arson charges, in 2023.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. in the chapel at Joliet Catholic Academy.

Scooter’s Coffee and Woodie’s Wings opened for business Monday at the convenience store at Gas N Wash. This is the first Scooter’s Coffee in the village.

A special Kankakee City Council meeting has been set for Thursday, Sept. 25.

Plans were recently greenlit for an eight-unit duplex development on South First Street in downtown St. Charles, and construction could begin this year for units expected to be priced over $1 million.

The City of Lockport approved plans for a Mister Carwash for the corner of 159th Street and Adelmann Road after initially expressing skepticism about the plan.

Joliet residents had their say on housing, parks, jobs and other issues in the first of three workshops on a comprehensive plan for the city.

A Pappas Development-backed luxury apartment rental project in northern Sycamore is a go after a City Council vote this week. John Pappas, one of two developers backing the project, said recent comments from residents about Section 8 housing were untrue and "racist."

Developer Shodeen Group sued the city of Geneva over its insistence that a tarp be placed over the top of a circa-1843 limestone structure officials deemed historic. A judge will issue a decision Oct. 2.

McHenry-based rental housing company Cunat said it's had ongoing problems with ComEd both in billing mix-ups and in getting power connected to newly constructed buildings.

City officials said the site is already part of Oregon's riverfront district.

The workshop is 5-7:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 at Joliet West High School.

Oswego resident Paresh Patel of Chakra360 LLC has previously submitted plans to build the professional cricket stadium with a clubhouse and restaurant on 33.48 acres at the northwest corner of Orchard Road and Tuscany Trail in Oswego.

The Lockport Committee of the Whole expressed frustration with the developer of The Springs at Lockport residential complex after a carwash was proposed for the business development.

Chuck Shepard successfully petitioned the city of Sycamore on June 16 to annex 4.97 acres of land he recently purchased at the corner of Coltonville Road and Electric Park Drive. Now he wants to build three commercial buildings on the eastern portion of the property.

It’s likely about to become more expensive to build data centers in Yorkville. With large increases in building and planning fees coming before city approval, Yorkville is seeking to pull in millions of dollars more per data center campus.

Project leaders behind a new Marriott-branded hotel are getting a boost from the city of DeKalb.

The proposed 14 two-story data centers and two electrical substations are drawn up nestled between the Equestrian Estates subdivision and the Bristol Bay subdivision.

A proposed townhome development northeast of the Route 23 and Plank Road intersection in Sycamore won’t be moving forward to the City Council after members of the public criticized the plans this week.

In a split vote this week, the DeKalb City Council shut down plans backed by a Champaign-based developer to build a data center and solar facility off Peace Road.

As proposed, the 52-unit Jade Estates of Oswego development is proposed on 8 acres on the southwest corner of Wolf’s Crossing and Douglas roads in what currently is unincorporated Kendall County.

Zoning commissioners gave a positive recommendation for a proposed mixed-use luxury community in Cary, despite resident concerns over a road extension that would connect a neighborhood road to Route 31.

A proposed north Sycamore apartment complex backed by DeKalb-based Pappas Development was met with some sharp backlash from city residents during a public hearing this week. The plan, if approved, would build a 66-unit apartment complex west of Primm Drive.