Orland Halts Proposals for $100M Main Street

ORLAND PARK, IL-Orland Park village officials are postponing the pick of a new developer for its Main Street Triangle project until the fall. The mixed-use, transit-oriented development at 143rd Street, Southwest Highway and LaGrange Road will be on a 27-acre site, with 20 of the acres currently owned by the village, village development services director Karie Friling says. The estimated cost of the project is more than $100 million, Friling tells GlobeSt.com.

Related Midwest, based in Chicago, had been chosen approximately three years ago by the village to develop the triangle, but pulled out of the project in April, Friling says. The village had a request for proposals, which was initially due in May and then pushed back until last month. “We had suspended it before we received any bids,” she says. The village halted the request because many of the interested developers had questions that village officials could not answer yet, she says.

Potential developers had questions as to the fate of Orland Plaza Center, located on seven acres at the northwest corner of 143rd Street and LaGrange Road, and questions on the timing of roadway improvements at the intersection in addition to whether Ravinia Avenue would be extended through the development, Friling says. “Those are really critical questions that have to be answered,” she says. “We also need to analyze what our options are at the corner.” The village expects to re-solicit proposals in the fall. Work on the intersection improvements is expected to begin at the end of the year, she says.