A fired-up crowd spoke against plans for Amazon to build a retail facility on a 35-acre site in a suburb of Chicago Tuesday.
During a Village of Orland Park Plan Commission meeting Tuesday evening, residents urged Amazon representatives to not “rush” the planning process for a new retail facility proposed to open to the area and pressed them on how the development would enhance the community and their lives.
“How is my life going to be better?” one resident asked at the meeting. Another said, “a development of this magnitude must enhance community, not detract from it.”
Attorneys for Amazon and its Seattle-based architects presented during the meeting and gave a clear summary about their goals for the new endeavor that would be located at the southwest corner of 159th Street and LaGrange Road.
Many residents overwhelmingly said they did not want the development because of conservation and transportation issues it would bring to the area.
One resident said adding the facility would “bottleneck” traffic in the area, and another stressed how Orland Park could be left with costly challenges if it needs to repurpose and reforest the area in the future.
The 225,000-square-foot facility would have 800 parking spaces and seven truck docks, with truck access only allowed in off-peak hours.
A traffic study submitted by Amazon was reviewed by the village and Illinois Department of Transportation. They hope a right turn in and out of the parking lot will manage truck traffic flow to 159th outside of peak hours, in addition to several other driveways out of the parking lot onto surrounding roads.
With a Costco facility already located to the south and a proposed five-lane Ravinia Road extension in the works, residents at the meeting wanted to know why Amazon picked the location.
“It’s a valuable corner,” an Amazon representative said, adding they chose a location that would be “high caliber” for the village and Amazon.
A nearby resident said roughly a dozen condo associations in the area should be entitled to a hearing outside of the public meetings where the facility will be discussed.
Amazon spokespeople also reiterated several times during the meeting that they are not proposing a warehouse, instead it is a retail store that would offer merchandise and groceries.
“This is a new retail and likely first of its kind,” one Amazon representative said at the meeting.
The new store could provide 500 permanent jobs for Orland Park and the area, according to Amazon.
Amazon confirmed the building is under contract and they’re hoping to break ground in 2027.
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