Concept proposing mix of industrial, commercial or residential uses in DeKalb receives favorable support

A concept pitched by the Geneva-based developer Shodeen Group to the City of DeKalb, setting out to revive part of a previously approved plan to bring a mixed-use development to the city’s southside, received favorable support from council members this week to move forward. On Monday, DeKalb city leaders voted to amend an annexation and development agreement for a combined 125 acres of property located at the southeast corner of Peace Road and Route 38. Council action, as taken, also annexes about 61 acres at the southwest corner of Route 38 and Webster Road and rezones the property to the Planned Development Industrial District. The measure amends an annexation development agreement first approved in 2008 for an adjacent property in the DeKalb Commons. At that time, the City Council voted to adopt a measure in support of contemplating plans for a mixed-use development on approximately 64 acres of land proposed at the southeast corner of Peace Road and Route 38. Sixth Ward Alderman Mik