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TO: Mayor John Laesch
FROM: Planning and Zoning Commission
DATE: August 20, 2026
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan and Plat for Lot 1 of Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision, located at 1350 Corporate Boulevard (Holladay Properties - 26- / AU02/4-26.205 - CU/Ppn/Psd - JR - Ward 1)
PURPOSE:
The Petitioner, Holladay Properties, is requesting approval of a Preliminary Plan and Plat for Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision, located at 1350 Corporate Boulevard for a Hotel, Limited Service (1350) Use.
BACKGROUND:
The subject site is located on Lots 16 and 17 of the Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision, at 1350 Corporate Boulevard. The property is zoned ORI(C) Office, Research, Light Industry with a Conditional Use Planned Development. The Conditional Use Planned Development was approved in May 2009 to modify the rear setback requirement on these lots and to change the zoning from M-1 to ORI(C). According to the ordinance, this site had already been designated as ORI on the Aurora Comprehensive Plan.
The Petitioner is requesting approval of a Preliminary Plat and Plan. The Preliminary Plat will consolidate Lot 16 and 17 of the Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision into one lot.
The details of the Preliminary Plan request include a 51,000 square-foot, 4-story, 124-room hotel. The hotel will be an ECHO Suites hotel by Wyndham, a nationally recognized extended-stay lodging brand. This hotel includes a guest laundry room, a fitness room, and vending areas for their customers.
A total of 136 surface parking spaces, including 5 accessible parking spaces, are being provided, which meets the required parking standards. A drop-off lane will be provided in front of the building entrance on the east side of the building. Two access points will be provided along Corporate Boulevard. A sidewalk will be constructed along the entire frontage of the development and will connect to the newly constructed sidewalk to the north along Corporate Boulevard, providing a continuous pedestrian connection to Farnsworth Avenue.
Stormwater management has already been provided for this subdivision.
Concurrently with this proposal, the Petitioner is requesting approval of a Conditional Use for the construction of a Limited-Service Hotel on the subject site.
DISCUSSION:
Staff has reviewed the Preliminary Plan and Plat Resolution petition and have sent comments back to the petitioner on those submittals. The petitioner has made the requested revisions to these documents and they now meet the applicable codes and ordinances.
POLICIES AND GUIDELINES:
The Staff’s Evaluation and Recommendation are based on the following Physical Development Policies:
10.0 To provide for the orderly, balanced and efficient growth and redevelopment of the City through the positive integration of land use patterns, functions, and circulation systems. To protect and enhance those assets and values that establishes the desirable quality and general livability of the City. To promote the City’s position as a regional center.
11.0 To guide the growth of the City in an orderly and structured manner.
11.1 (5) To guide and promote development to areas where public utilities, public roads and municipal services are either available or planned.
12.0 To plan and provide for the growth of the city through the integration of land use patterns and functions that promotes complementary interactions between different land use components.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of the Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan and Plat for a Hotel, limited service (1350) Use on the Property located at 1350 Corporate Boulevard with the following condition:
1) That a meeting space be added in the hotel to comply with the use category definition in the Aurora Zoning Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A-1 Preliminary Plan
Exhibit A-2 Preliminary Plat
Land Use Petition and Supporting Documents
Plat of Survey
Maps
Legistar Number: 26-0508
cc:
Alderman Michael Saville, Chairperson
Alderwoman Patty Smith, Vice Chairperson
Alderman Javier Bañuelos
Alderwoman Juany Garza
Alderman Will White
CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS
RESOLUTION NO. _________
DATE OF PASSAGE ________________
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A Resolution Approving a Preliminary Plan and Plat for Lot 1 of Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision, located at 1350 Corporate Boulevard
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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, by petition dated July 1, 2026, Holladay Properties filed with the City of Aurora a petition Requesting approval of a Preliminary Plan and Plat for Farnsworth Center for Business Subdivision, located at 1350 Corporate Boulevard for a(n) Hotel, limited service (1350) Use and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibits "A-1" through Exhibit “A-2”; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a hearing on August 19, 2026, reviewed the petition and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
WHEREAS, on August 26, 2026, the Building, Zoning and Economic Development Committee of the Aurora City Council reviewed said Preliminary Plat and Plan and the before mentioned recommendations and recommended CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said petition; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, finds as facts all of the preamble recitals of this Resolution and hereby grants CONDITIONAL APPROVAL of said Preliminary Plan and Plat with the following conditions:
1) That a meeting space be added in the hotel to comply with the use category definition in the Aurora Zoning Ordinance.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Aurora hereby adopts the Preliminary Plat and Plan and related required documents as attached hereto as Exhibit "A-1" Preliminary Plat and Exhibit “A-2” Preliminary Plan.