Mt. Prospect townhouse plan revised

Two townhouse developments near Northwest Highway will be presented to Mount Prospect officials for review in the coming months, village officials said.

Mount Prospect Development Group will return to the planning and zoning commission with a new architect, who has revamped a previous plan the village turned down.

The new 14-unit plan adds more space around the proposed townhouses at 1040 W. Northwest Hwy., said Victor Dziekiewicz, president of Chicago-based architectural firm DesignBridge.

"We revised the layout of the townhomes themselves and increased the setback to the south (near single-family homes) from 40 to 50 feet," Dziekiewicz said.

The plan is likely to be presented to the commission at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 at village hall, 50 S. Emerson St.

The earlier proposal drew fire from neighbors of the Northwest Meadows subdivision, which consists of single-family homes to the east.

Some residents said density was an issue, as was parking, since guest parking basically would be confined to the site, which currently contains a vacant State Farm building.

A much smaller project is expected to be presented to the commission in February.

Mount Prospect developer Paul Swanson is hoping to reveal his formal plans for a three-unit townhouse project at Prospect Avenue and Elmhurst Road.

"What is nice about (the project) is it's at the end of the block and has a lot of open space and is a couple of blocks from the train," Swanson said.

Located on the 300 block of West Prospect Avenue, the townhouses will be designed to attract empty-nesters, Swanson said.

Each 2,400-square-foot unit is expected to sell for about $400,000, he said.

If the commission and village board approves the project in the coming months, Swanson would like to begin construction in the summer with completion by winter, he said.