Whole Foods Pulls Lake Forest Proposal Over Setback Requirement

The proposed Lake Forest Whole Foods at Route 60 and Saunders Road will not get built, according to an article in Gazebo News, due to a fundamental disagreement between the developer and City Council over the size of the setback.

The council agreed Monday night with the Plan Commission’s recommendation that the development have a 100-foot setback, the article says. The developer said that unless there was a 60-foot setback, the plan was a no go. He said Whole Foods is already eyeing another suburb, though didn’t specify which one.

The proposal for a 45,000-square-foot store within the 70,000-square-foot development would have required cutting 400 trees. Some neighbors had also voiced concerns about noise and light coming from the development.

You can read the full Gazebo News article here.