On July 9, River Forest’s Development Review Board (DRB) unanimously approved a 5-story, 72-apartment building at Madison and Ashland. The proposal has 79 residential parking spaces, 8 retail spaces and 1 loading space on 3 taxpayer-owned lots, 1 institutional and 2 residential, surrounded by historic single-family homes. The hearing felt like confirmation, not deliberation. Board […]
