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8 | January 11, 2018 | The lake forest leader NEWS
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THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK
Highland Park man
arrested for attempted
murder
A person was transported
to Evanston Hospital in
critical but stable condition
after a stabbing took place
in Highland Park, according
to a press release from
Highland Park police.
Police were notified at
10:15 on Friday, Jan. 5
about the incident in the
area of the 1600 block of
McGovern Avenue.
After arriving, police
received a description of
the suspect and searched
the area with the help of
neighboring police jurisdictions,
according to the
press release.
Police located Jose
Gonzales, 39, of the 1600
block of McGovern Avenue,
Highland Park, and
arrested him on charges
of attempted murder and
multiple counts of aggravated
battery, according to
the press release.
Police were not available
for further comment
prior to deadline.
Reporting by Xavier Ward,
Contributing Editor. Full
story at HPLandmark.com.
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THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Trustee disagrees with
waving fence-height
requirement
In what was otherwise
an uneventful and harmonious
night at Village
Hall, the Glenview Village
Board diverged on the issue
of fences during its
Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting.
A few years ago, the Village
discovered that the
owners of Glenview Materials
& Supply had been
making minor alterations
to the company’s 2100
Johns Court location without
a permit.
The company has since
paid several fines and cooperated
with the Village
to comply with its zoning
code. The two entities
came to a tentative agreement
on the commercial
variations and final site
plan for the project, which
the board considered for
the first time at Tuesday’s
meeting.
While the Village and
company had made several
compromises on parking
lot and storage requirements,
a fence standing
9-feet tall at the front of
the company’s property
caught the attention of
Trustee Deborah Karton.
The Village’s building
code dictates that a fence
cannot stand taller than 8
feet, and Karton disagreed
with the Village’s willingness
to make an exception.
The other four trustees
present at the meeting voted
to approve the fence and
all the other variations to
the property. With the 4-1
tally, the board will vote
on the measure again at its
next meeting on Tuesday,
Jan. 16, for final approval.
Reporting by Jeremy Turley,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern.
com.
THE WINNETKA CURRENT
Needed updates approved
for Winnetka’s Hadley
Institute
One day after the start
of the new year, the Winnetka
Village Council got
right back to work at its
Tuesday, Jan. 2 meeting
by unanimously approving
a special-use permit
and zoning variations for
the Hadley Institute for
the Blind and Visually Impaired
to allow expansion
of its existing facilities at
700 Elm St.
The two second-story
additions will be constructed
above existing
one-story elements of the
building. The additions incorporate
brick and stone
on a majority of the building
exterior to blend with
existing building materials,
while a glass curtain
wall system is proposed
for those portions of the
expansion, which flank an
interior courtyard.
The council’s approval
included three zoning
variations: to increase an
existing nonconformity
by vertically extending an
existing wall; to incorporate
a flat roof to match the
existing building; and to
permit expansion of an existing
entry sidewalk from
4 to 6 feet in width.
Hadley Institute President
Julie Tye explained
that the original intent of
the building renovation
was for safety reasons.
“This project began as
our need to renovate the
building in order to make it
more safe and to take care
of mechanical systems
that are extremely dated,”
she said. “This building
was built in the 1950s and
many mechanical systems
are now beginning to fail
and need to be replaced.
The building is not ADA
compliant, which is ironic
for an organization which
serves those with disabilities.”
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WinnetkaCurrent.
com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Historic Plaza del Lago
sold for $48M
Not surprisingly to local
shoppers, Wilmette’s Plaza
del Lago didn’t stay on the
real estate market for very
long.
Mid-America Real
Estate Corporation announced
last week it had
brokered the sale of the
historic shopping center
at 1515 Sheridan Road
for $48 million. The
100,213-square-foot property
was purchased by Retail
Properties of America,
an Oak Brook-based investment
firm. Plaza del
Lago was put up for sale
last July.
“It’s a special property
and very unique. It has a
lot of historic significance
in Wilmette and on the
North Shore as a whole,”
said Ben Wineman, a principal
at Mid-America, who
was an exclusive broker of
the transaction. “Everybody
that lives around here
knows the asset.”
Opening in 1928, Plaza
del Lago is one of the nation’s
oldest shopping centers.
The Moss family had
owned the property since
1971, when Joseph Moss
purchased it. Moss, 90,
died in March 2017.
According to its website,
Retail Properties of
America is a self-managed
real estate management
trust “focused on the acquisition,
development
and management of strategically
located retail assets.”
Plaza del Lago, which
features Spanish-style architecture,
consists of retail
and office space. The center
is anchored by several
national tenants, including
Jewel, CVS, Starbucks
and NorthShore University
HealthSystem. Plaza del
Lago also offers 15 second-story
residential apartments.
Ninety-one percent
of the property is leased.
“There are very few
food and drug-anchored
centers east of the Edens
Expressway,”
said.
Wineman
Reporting by Eric
DeGrechie, Managing Editor.
Full story at Wilmette-
Beacon.com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Glencoe house designed by
prolific architect Boyington
If you’re a Chicago
history buff, a devoted
student of architecture or
maybe just someone who
wants to live in a rare, if
not one-of-a-kind, historically
significant home
built before the Civil War,
then maybe 341 Lincoln
Ave. in Glencoe is what
you are looking for.
The 3,201-square-foot
Victorian-style home,
listed at $774,500, was
designed in 1855 by the
prolific architect William
Warren Boyington, who
also produced many notable
landmark structures in
and around Chicago.
Boyington studied engineering
and architecture in
New York, practiced there
and served in the New
York State Legislature before
deciding to settle in
the booming metropolis
that was Chicago in 1853.
He immediately began designing
homes, churches,
hotels, railroad stations
and other public buildings.
Many of the larger
structures incorporated a
neo-Gothic style, complete
with castles and turrets,
and many used Joliet
limestone.
Since the house for sale
at 341 Lincoln Ave. was
built only two years after
Boyington moved to Chicago,
it is quite possibly
the oldest local Boyingtondesigned
home still standing
in the area.
Reporting by Alan P. Henry,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlencoeAnchor.com.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Inaugural Acts of Kindness
Kids Talent Show hits
Northbrook
When a group of North
Shore girls wanted to put
on a community event
showcasing their talents,
it turned into something
much bigger and widespread.
With the help of their
moms, Glencoe’s Madeline
Hazan, Malia Markus,
and Ella and Sophie Carrel
hosted the first-ever Acts
of Kindness Kids Talent
Show on Dec. 2 at the JCC
Marvin Lustbader Fitness
Center in Northbrook.
“It started as a question,
‘What if we could
be on America’s Got Talent?’
Then my mom said,
‘What if we used our talent
and did something really
good?’” Ella Carrel, 8,
said. “We liked that even
more.”
With a $15 suggested
donation at the entrance,
the show raised approximately
$3,000 for the Hispanic
Federation’s Unidos
Disaster Relief Fund for
Puerto Rico.
Hispanic Federation —
Stephen Colbert’s chosen
charity — is the nation’s
premier Latino nonprofit
membership organization.
Founded in 1990,
the charity seeks to support
Hispanic families
and strengthen Latino institutions
through work
in the areas of education,
health, immigration, civic
engagement, economic
empowerment and the environment.
“[The girls] thought we
can do something good
with this show because
they hear us talk about all
this crazy stuff happening
in the world today,” mom
Lisa Carrel said. “It’s cool
for them to see there was
something they could do
to make a difference, especially
since they don’t
have anything they could
donate now.”
Reporting by Megan Bernard,
Contributing Editor.
Full story at Northbrook
Tower.com.