Developer Seeks To Revamp Ogden Ave. Spot With 2 Businesses, Drive-Thru

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — On Tuesday, the Downers Grove village council will review a redevelopment proposal for 535 Ogden Ave. Proposed plans for the site, formerly home to Byline Bank, include creating a new retail space with two-tenants and a drive-thru for a coffee shop or restaurant.

Developers hope to renovate the current building, remove the drive-thru canopy and convert the multiple lanes into a single drive-thru lane, per village documents. Zoning approval will be required to permit the proposed drive-thru's 12-car capacity, as the current zoning ordinance only calls for an eight-car capacity.

The zoning request has been recommended for approval by the village's planning and zoning commission.

The project is helmed by Indvestia, LLC, who would be reimbursed a maximum of $250,000 for expenses that are eligible for tax increment financing (TIF) in the Ogden Avenue TIF District. According to village documents, the development is projected to "generate approximately $72,000 each year in additional sales tax, home rule sales tax and food and beverage tax revenue."

Conditions include leasing one of two tenant spaces to allow for a drive-thru restaurant of at least 1,750 square feet. Village documents reflect that this will "likely" be a coffee shop. Construction would be set to start on the redevelopment in June 2026, with an expected completion date of March 2027.

The development was recommended for approval by the Downers Grove Economic Development

Corporation.