An industrial developer bought Christine Bending s house, razed the neighborhood and put a warehouse in its place. Bending had just settled into her new home in a quiet corner of Medinah when the same developer offered to buy her out again, this time for $1 million. She isn t budging. She s one of the Medinah residents mounting a fight against the proposal to purchase nearly 150 homes to make way for new industrial buildings in a sizzling O Hare market.
Bensenville Park District commissioners could fetch a hefty price from developers if the board moves ahead with a controversial proposal to sell a large swath of the White Pines Golf Club. But that s not what some nearby residents want.
The Bensenville Park District is taking a swing at the idea of a potential sale of White Pines golf course property. But the prospect of redevelopment has already generated opposition from many residents who live near White Pines, a 36-hole complex across more than 260 acres. "We ve lost so much to O Hare expansion that we need to preserve what we still have left," one neighbor said.
Talk about the current state of the suburban industrial real estate market quickly trends toward superlatives. To be clear, it s a national trend as well. But the Chicago area is setting the pace.