City Approves Development Plans for Old Jewel Site

Wheaton City Council on Monday approved a developer's plan to build a three-story, 40,000-square-foot medical office building at the former Jewel property, 114 E. Willow Ave. in downtown Wheaton. 

Mokena-based developer Olympia Investments requested planned unit development (PUD) approval to demolish the old Jewel building at 114 E. Willow Ave. to build a three-story, 40,035-square-foot medical office building that will be operated by the DuPage Medical Group, according to a city staff memo.

The proposed re-development of the site includes construction of the new building on the north portion of the property—facing Illinois Street, 116 parking spaces and two full-access drives. 

The building design would include a combination of red and tan masonry with tinted glass windows and canopies over the patient entrance.

Marty Burke, a partner with Location Finders International, told Council members and staff Monday that the developers tentatively plan to close on the property April 16 and would start demolition the first week of May. He said the building could be ready for occupancy the first week of March 2014.

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