Luxury Condo Developer Asks Highland Park for Zoning Exemptions

A Deerfield developer has asked Highland Park city officials to be exempted from limits on building size and other restrictions on new construction. Representatives of the company, Carlisle Place, LLC, appeared at a Jan. 17 Highland Park Plan and Design Commission meeting. They presented their plans at the first public discussions over the proposal, where commissioners expressed some skepticism at the extent of the zoning relief requested.

Approval of the luxury condominium project, which would be built between 1633 and 1645 McGovern Street, requires the Commission to ease seven of ten different Highland Park zoning requirements, including the size of the building's footprint, the front yard size, and the maximum height of the principal structure.

Carlisle Place, LLC has already applied for a permit to demolish the three small single-family properties currently on the site. The new development would include nine 2,000 square foot units. Each condominium has been projected to sell for more than $800,000 while one would be sold at a more affordable rate, according to the developer's pre-application proposal filed with the city in December.

The Pioneer Press reported that Highland Park's Historic Preservation Commission considered whether to recognize the home at 1633 McGovern Street as a potentially historically important site at a Jan. 12 meeting but found preserving the house unnecessary.

(Images courtesy of Highland Park Plan and Design Commission)