Hazle Crest surrounds the development on three sides.
Developer Walt Brown, Jr. said a settlement was in place with Homewood and that the Calumet Country Club development is going ahead despite the village's vote against rezoning the site.
In its March 9 meeting, the Homewood Village Board unanimously rejected a proposal that would have rezoned the area to allow for a trucking and warehouse complex within Homewood's city limits.
Brown — CEO of Diversified Partners, which owns the 800-acre site — said the company would instead disconnect the Village of Homewood's acreage.
Diversified Partners previously sought to have the property annexed by Hazle Crest.
Hazle Crest surrounds the property on three sides.
"We have a lot of options. We're not stopping. We're full speed ahead," Brown told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Brown said the company would collect funds from an earlier lawsuit regarding the development.
"We have a settlement agreement in place," he told the Chicago Tribune. "We're going to collect our money and move ahead."
The village previously agreed to pay Diversified Partners $250,000 if the project could not go ahead by May 12.
According to advocates, the planned development will dump $1.7 million annually into local tax coffers and result in the immediate creation of an expected 2,000 full-time jobs.
"The community wants jobs," Brown told the Chicago Sun-Times. "And we're excited about bringing them."
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