Title
Shops at 88 - Building Elevations
History
The Village Board approved the Shops at 88th retail development in April of 2006. The approved site plan included five buildings (4 one-story and 1 two-story) with a combined total of 40,000 square feet of retail on a 5.72 acre parcel. The Board also approved elevations for every building except for the small car wash building located along 88th Avenue. The approval motion included the condition that the petitioner submit the car wash elevations for an appearance review within 90 days. The approved site plan and elevations are attached for review.
The petitioner submitted car wash elevations for review on August 1, 2007. In addition, the petitioner requested approval of new designs for the other buildings as a new architect had been hired to complete the work. Because the changes were relatively minor, the Village Attorney recommended this project to go directly before the Village Board instead of starting at Plan Commission. At first glance, the two elevations do not appear to be drastically different in terms of structure, but it made sense to update the Board approved elevations to ensure that the correct elevations were on file. At this time, the petitioner has only submitted elevations for the retail buildings and car wash, not the two-story building.
Retail Buildings.
Both buildings have been designed in a style typical of many new multi-tenant shopping centers. Brick, split face block, glass and EIFS are the primary building materials for the proposed elevation. Brick, limestone, glass and EIFS were the primary building materials for the Board approved elevations. Pilasters, constructed of face brick with split face block accents break up the long façade. The split face block is generally considered a less attractive downgrade, therefore a different colored face brick is recommended in its place.
The building height, shown at 22’-4” to the top of parapet is about 3’ shorter than the Board ...
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