Dimucci land open house set for Wednesday

Lake County officials will host a second open house about a controversial development plan near Hawthorn Woods on Wednesday evening. The proposal concerns nearly 109 acres on the southeast corner of Rand and Old McHenry roads. Owned by members of the Dimucci family, it’s the same land that was the focus of a heated legal fight over an ultimately abandoned plan for a shopping mall in the 1990s. The new plan calls for a retail center, too. The land now is zoned for residential use. The open house will run from 5 to 8 p.m. at Concorde Banquets, 20922 N. Rand Road, Kildeer.