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October 27, 2005

Press, 10/26: Application for special use for Edens site withdrawn

The athletic club may be closed, but it doesn't look like Wendy's is going to be replacing it anytime soon. As previously reported by the media, at the October 21 Zoning Board meeting, Wendy's formally withdrew their application for a drive-through permit, ending their pursuit of the property. Here's how it was reported in the Nadig Newspaper's Press:

Application for special use for Edens site withdrawn
by Brian Nadig
October 26, 2005

An application for a proposed Wendy's drive-through restaurant at 5130 N. Cicero Ave. was withdrawn at the Zoning Board of Appeals' Oct. 21 meeting, and several other area zoning proposals face delays due to community concerns.

Despite the withdrawal, the owner of the property has asserted that it is too late for Wendy's to back out of its agreement to lease the site. However, Alderman Patrick Levar (45th) last week ruled out the possibility of the fast food chain building at that location. "As long as I'm alderman, there will be no Wendy's there," Levar said, adding that he asked the company to find a more appropriate location."

The proposal called for Wendy's to be built on the site of the recently closed Edens Athletic Club, where several homes were demolished about 30 years ago to allow construction of the health club. Some area residents have said that a restaurant on the site would generate more traffic than the health club did and that noise from the drive-through would disturb the neighborhood.

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