Red Seal Sues Mission Hills Homeowner Associations

Two months after filing a suit of their own, opponents of the controversial Provenance housing development in unincorporated Northbrook are being sued themselves.

A suit accusing six homeowners associations and their presidents of stalling easement agreements in the 137-unit project that will take up about half the golf course at Mission Hills has been filed by Red Seal Development, according to the Northbrook Star. It seeks $7.5 million.

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The suit claims an agreement was reached last summer with a Mission Hills’ umbrella homeowner association that would ensure half the golf course would remain as open space and current residents would be given $125,000 to spend on extra landscape buffering.

But opponents such as groups like Mission Hills Openlands contend they did not have enough information about the project before it was approved, and homeowners signed off on it only because it was their belief they had no other choice.

In the suit, Red Seal claims “time is of the essence” as easement placements are on tight deadlines and an attorney suggested opponents are only suing to delay it. It also points out some have already signed leases with Provenance and are already waiting to move in. 

In May, some of the homeowner associations and presidents named in the Red Seal suit sued the Cook County Board for alleged irregularities used in the process to approve the Provenance plans in February.

more via the Northbrook Star