Mundelein Station Area Plan

Phase I of the nine-building Cardinal Square development, an 84 unit building located directly east of the Metra Station, was completed and occupied in 2008. Phase II, a 65 unit building, was completed in 2015, and construction of Phase III (180 units) was completed in 2024. 

In 2014 construction was completed on a new mixed-use building in the Village Center that includes a new village hall and new retail/office space. As part of this project, the Village also constructed a new public right-of-way, Plaza Circle, to provide better access to the Metra station and Village Hall. 

In an effort to improve pedestrian circulation in the station area, the Village designed and constructed a pedestrian overpass at the Metra station. The project was awarded CMAQ funding in October 2015 and was completed in October 2022. In fall of 2015, construction began on Fairhaven Crossing, a 40 unit affordable residential development for families and individuals with disabilities located on Hawley Street within convenient walking distance of the Metra station. Construction was completed in fall of 2016 and the building is currently occupied.

In 2024 construction was completed of 139 residential units on the site of a former recycling center at 101 E. Maple, purchased by the Village to encourage new retail or resident development of the site, which would be more fitting with the rest of the downtown area. The Village is constructed water/sewer, roadway, and pedestrian infrastructure improvements on Seymour Ave, Morris Ave, and Park St to support this development.

In 2024 construction was completed on a 165 unit development adjacent to the new Village Hall on Plaza Circle. To facilitate this project, which was a central recommendation of the 2005 TOD plan, the Village purchased ten acres of land previously occupied by an industrial building. The tenant of the building was relocated to another Village-owned property immediately south of the Metra commuter parking lot.

Also in 2024 construction commenced on the Mundelein Senior Apartments, a 46-unit, 4-story apartment building at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Hawley Street. This will be an independent living senior housing facility two blocks east of the Metra station.