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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Planning Commission
DATE: December 22, 2014
SUBJECT:
Requesting approval of a Final Plat for the Elks Club Second Resubdivision, being Vacant Land located at 77 S. Stolp Avenue and 1 W. Benton Street, Aurora, Illinois 60506 (City of Aurora - L14-01022 / AU22/3-14.340-FSD - AM - Ward 6)
PURPOSE:
The City of Aurora, is seeking the Resubdivision of the Elks Club Subdivision to facilitate the redevelopment of the Elks Club Building and the adjacent parcel.
BACKGROUND:
The Subject Properties are located at 77 S. Stolp Avenue and 1 W. Benton Street and are owned by the City of Aurora. The properties are generally located north of Benton, south of Downer Place, east of the Fox River and west of Stolp Street. One W. Benton is part of the FoxWalk and is home to the "Swimming Stones" sculpture. Seventy-seven S. Stolp is the Elks Club building. The Elks Club Building was originally constructed for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, being built in 1926 and designed by Chicago architectural Zimmerman, Saxe & Zimmerman. The Elks Club building, along with all of Stolp Island, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Architecturally and historically the building represents a point of interest and a landmark for the City of Aurora.
In March of 2014, at the request of the City of Aurora, Seize the Future Development Foundation issued a request for proposals for the adaptive reuse of the Elks Club building located on Stolp Island in historic downtown Aurora. Seize the Future envisions a redevelopment project that will be sensitive to the historic and architectural importance of the Elks Club building, as well as complement and expand upon the area's continuing redevelopment.
As a result of the RFP process it was determined that a redistribution of Lots 1 and 2 of the Elks Club Subdivision, approved in May 2010, would provide for a designated FoxWalk area adjacent to the Fox River and space fo...
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