Tinley Park officials approved plans for a new shopping center southwest of Harlem Avenue and 191st Street, although nearby residents are expressing concerns about noise and a potential hit on their property values.

Brookside Creek would include a grocery store and AutoNation car dealership as well as outlots.

Village trustees voted last week to approve the plans and annex the property.

The development would be directly south of the Brookside Marketplace shopping center, and near the Brookside Glen subdivision.

The overall site is more than 72 acres, and 55 acres on the west side that is in Will County are being annexed to Tinley Park, although much of the property can’t be developed.

A coffee shop with a drive-through window is planned along with a McDonald’s, according to the village.

Gas N Wash would be on an out lot closest to 191st, according to plans submitted to the village. The Tinley Park Plan Commission recommended approval Dec. 5 for Brookside Creek.

Jennifer Vargas, whose home is near the site, said that she and other residents are not opposed to development on the property, but want to have input as to how it comes about.

She said the McDonald’s planned would be open 24 hours, as would the Gas N Wash. Vargas said residents are concerned about noise the 24-hour operations would create.

Village Manager Pat Carr said a landscaped berm would be erected around the perimeter of the development and promised “ongoing discussion with residents” about screening, including fencing and landscaping, as development plans are finalized.

The closest home to the property is a little more than 300 feet, according to the village.

The development is planned for a portion of property once eyed for a high school by Lincoln-Way High School District 210.It had over the years been proposed as as site for retailers including Walmart and more recently a Woodman’s Food Market.

Vargas said that increased traffic and potential impact on property values are concerns of she and other residents.

“If this does happen and our housing values go down, where do we turn?” she asked.

Gas N Wash has several locations in the Chicago area, including in Tinley Park and Mokena.

In Tinley Park, it recently opened at the northeast corner of La Grange Road and 183rd Street, and also has stores at 7451 183rd St. and 19420 Harlem Ave. Gas N Wash also has a location in Mokena at the northwest corner of 191st and 88th Avenue.

Under the annexation agreement, Tinley Park would foot the bill to install a four-way intersection with stoplights at Market Place Drive, which is west of Harlem and east of 76th Avenue.

The village would also pay for widening 191st to add turn lanes.

An annexation agreement with the property owner, GSP Development, also calls for the village to coordinate with the property owner’s engineers on the design and construction of five stormwater detention basins and improvements to storm sewers on the property planned for development.

Once built, the basins would be the property owner’s responsibility to maintain, according to the agreement, which would be in effect for 20 years.

The Brookside Creek development doesn’t include the hard corner of Harlem and 191st, which is owned by Webster Property Group.

The property was zoned and approved in 2016 for a nearly 20,000-square-foot retail center, although plans never advanced.

The property owner indicated the site is under contract with Quick Trip for a gas station and convenience store.

In December 1996, Lincoln-Way acquired the parcel where Brookside Creek is planned for $2.9 million with plans to put Lincoln-Way North there.

In early 2022, Tinley Park paid $1.5 million to District 210 for the property, which in the past had been eyed for large-scale commercial development.

In a sale approved by Tinley Park’s Village Board in April 2022, GSP Development paid the village $1.7 million for the land where Brookside Creek is planned.

An 2020 appraisal of the property for District 210, by Chicago-based Appraisal Associates, said 23 of the 72 acres of the site are considered developable, and estimated the market value for the 72 acres at $1.55 million.

The firm said that the “future development potential of the site is negatively impacted by a pipeline easement, flood plan and stormwater requirements.”

Tinley Park said those constraints delayed development plans for the property moving forward.

mnolan@southtownstar.com