Homeowners sue Mundelein over shopping center plan
Mundelein-area residents opposed to a shopping center planned for their neighborhood have sued the village and a slew of municipal leaders in an effort to halt the project.
The lawsuit aims to scuttle the Mundelein Town Center shopping plaza, which is set be built on Route 60 north of Route 176. A Wal-Mart Supercenter, OfficeMax, Menards and about 50 other stores and restaurants are planned for the 600,000-square-foot center.
The plan's footprint abuts the Ivanhoe neighborhood, a collection of upscale homes in unincorporated Lake County. Many Ivanhoe residents, including some who filed the lawsuit, have complained about the preliminary aesthetics of the center and the quality of the stores to be located there.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Lake County circuit court by the Ivanhoe Club property owners' association, the Ivanhoe Club, Duane and Gloria Acker, John J. Abraham and Ignazio Lucente. It names the village, Mayor Kenneth H. Kessler, members of the village board and the town's plan commissioners among the defendants.
The suit asks for an injunction against the development plans, which the village board approved last month.
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