4-Story Apartment Complex Could be Built on Site of Former Banquet Hall

The former site of Scornavacco's and Washington Gardens in Highwood is being eyed by a group of investors to develop a four-story apartment building.

The half-acre property was most recently known as the Victoria of Highwood, a banquet hall located at the southwest corner of Green Bay Road and Washington Avenue. The banquet hall was closed after a fire in March of 2009 and was ruled accidental by Highwood's fire chief, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Highwood Property Investors and FIDES Capital Partners LLC filed a petition to the city of Highwood to construct a 28-unit apartment building and also applied for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) assistance.

The proposed apartment building plans to construct 16 two-bedroom apartments that are 1,000 square feet and 12 one-bedroom apartments of 680 or 800 square feet.

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