Hyatt hotels project in Des Plaines declared dead
Des Plaines city leaders this week hammered the final nail in the coffin of a proposal to build two Hyatt hotels along Mannheim just south of the Jane Addams Tollway.
The city council was unanimous Wednesday night against extending for one year the conditional use permit and variation granted to developer HNI LLC for the hotels project.
The decision went against the city community development committee's earlier recommendation.
Construction of two Hyatt hotels was expected to begin this month. The proposal called for two hotels stacked on top of each other, with a total of 313 rooms, and developing three outlots for restaurants and shops.
The city owns the roughly 5-acre site -- home to Ace car rental and a former TraveLodge -- which it agreed to sell for $2.7 million to Chicago developer Harlem Irving Companies, HNI's parent group.
City officials said it's time to move on since the developer is not ready to move forward with any plans at this time.
all thanks to the community-minded attitude of companies like Millie's Car Rental, Paint Fair, Argus Advisors, Cafferata and Co, and the Grand Bahama
