Skokie Village Board OKs $100 million Westfield Old Orchard redevelopment

The first phase would create 425 apartments

Richard Requena | Chicago Tribune

The Skokie Village Board gave final approval for Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center’s $100 million redevelopment plans at its Dec. 2 meeting.

The redevelopment will include apartments to be rented at rates that meet affordable criteria, and Patrick Deignan, the village’s Communications and Community Engagement Director, said it is so far the only mall redevelopment in the Chicago area to include affordable units.

The redevelopment will be taken on by the mall’s owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, in partnership with the group Focus, to create 425 apartments, 16,625 square feet of retail and restaurant space and open space in the first phase of construction.

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