Owner Eyes Future Gas Station for 119th Street Site
But the change will be a long time coming; trustees OK'ed a "pre-annexation" agreement for a property that could be developed into a fuel station in the next decade, owner says.
Plainfield trustees on Monday signed off on a pre-annexation agreement for a site near 119th Street and Route 30 that could one day become a gas station. But it could take about a decade for the project to become a reality, according to Plainfield Mike Martin, who addressed the board behalf of property owners Peter and Gaylene Metrou. The couple, owners of the Grandma's Table Family Restaurant in Montgomery, currently rent the property at 25491 W. 119th Street to a tenant that manufactures sheds and picnic tables. There is also a home on the property. The property is located in unincorporated Will County and is not contiguous to the village. The pre-annexation will allow the parcel to be annexed into the village if the owners of the …
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5:08 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
I'm not nut nuts about having what's now a farmland feel turn into commerce like this, but times change - and honestly if it would force major road changes on U.S. Rt. 30 and 119th. That part is an absolute necessity even now, and I'm shocked no one has died in any of the accidents in that intersection in the couple of years I've lived here. Did you know that most of the ones from this … more ›