Overview
- Trustees are slated to decide a zoning request that would allow demolition of the Jackson Square Antique Mall for a five-story condominium building.
- The proposal by developer Dan Spain includes 39 units of roughly 1,500–2,250 square feet priced about $750,000 to $1.4 million, mostly three- and four-bedroom layouts.
- Village officials note the site sits in the historic district but lacks a top-tier designation, and La Grange has no separate historic preservation ordinance.
- The Plan Commission has recommended the project, with the developer pointing to the 2024 Comprehensive Plan’s call for housing near transit and citing retrofit hurdles such as 6-foot ceilings and a costly elevator replacement.
- Owner Therese O’Sullivan sold the property to Spain last year and supports redevelopment, while more than 2,000 petitioners and nearby residents oppose demolition and raise privacy and neighborhood character concerns; vendors expect to relocate within six months.