Northpoint Development

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Palos Chamber of Commerce 'Fashionable Lunch Series' with many of my fellow Chamber members. Each of these meetings features a speaker that shares information relevant to Palos Heights and the Chamber members. The topic at this meeting was the Northpoint development at the corner of Harlem and Rt. 83, the site of the long gone car dealership. The presentation was extremely well done and the plans look beautiful, if not ambitious. The site actually includes property much farther east than is apparent now. It will offer diverse professional and retail business opportunities.

One of the highlights of the plan to me is the senior living facility that is included. I questioned why we need more space of this type when we are surrounded by similar facilities in Palos Park and Lemont, and Orland Park among others. I have recently been in need of information on senior living and visited Sunrise on LaGrange, Peace Memorial on 104th Ave. and a facility in Homer Glen. All of these facilities had availability, so my question; why do we need more? I was assured that the potential facility operators have done a thorough needs analysis and they want to provide a facility that the residents of Palos Heights will want to and will be able to afford to live in while staying in the community.

Some of the other highlights include a restaurant/banquet facility and an access point for the bike/walking trail that runs along the channel. There will be retail space and professional space. Whatever the final building design, it will be much better than the boarded and broken building that was recently demolished.