Schaumburg delays vote on controversial plan to put rental properties on Loeber Farm property

The Schaumburg village board’s scheduled decision Tuesday on a controversial proposal for 357 rental apartment, townhouse and rowhome units on the 33-acre Loeber Farm property near Rolling Meadows has been delayed again, this time until Dec. 10, at the developer’s request.

Village officials said Elmhurst-based Nitti Group, LLC requested the continuance to have time to develop an alternative to the proposal the plan commission rejected 6-2 in August.

The undeveloped property of the Loeber family, that also owns Lincolnwood-based Loeber Motors, is on the west side of Meacham Road, bordered by the International Village apartment complex to the south, The Treehouse of Schaumburg apartment complex along part of its western edge, and single-family homes in Rolling Meadows to the north.

Neighboring residents in Rolling Meadows have criticized the proposal for its density and exclusively rental nature, as well as their claim of its potential environmental and traffic impacts.