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incentive deal and large permit across 12 municipalities and 3 counties, with the developer, engineer and architect named, plus every open public construction bid, sorted by due date., Get the free weekly issueRead a sampleBuilt from the agendas, packets, staff reports and permit ledgers themselves, with a link on every line. AI-assembled, owner-reviewed, corrections printed.From Issue 1 · Sept 29 – Oct 29, 2026The week in one tableTop of 78 items tracked · sorted by scale‡ rests on news report, not yet matched to minutesProjectTownTypeSizeStatus this periodWhoDHL Logistics Centre Ph. 2 ‡PlainfieldIndustrial~2.0M sf · 140 acCommittee of the Whole 10/26; board wants a larger north bufferDHL; atty Vince RosanovaCore5 / DPFG Plainfield ‡PlainfieldIndustrial + retail~1.2M sf · 170 acAnnexation, rezoning, site plan, prelim plat approved 10/5, 5–2DPFG Plainfield LLC; Core5Pheasant Run Industrial Bldg ASt. CharlesIndustrial446,680 sfUnder construction (10/23 weekly report)—Lodi Grove ‡OswegoSF + townhomes415 units · 102 acPZC recommended concept 10/8, 6–0SilverthorneTowns at Naper CommonsNapervilleTownhomes262 units · 40.9 acPZC recommended with 4 conditions 10/7Pulte; KLOASeventh Street CommonsSt. CharlesSF + TH · TIF105 units · 27 acPlan Commission 7–0; COW 7–1; council vote pendingPulte; WM St Charles LLC; BBGMadden RowNapervilleRental TH + outlots70 units · 5.1 acPZC hearing 10/21; action not yet postedHSG InvestmentsQuikTrip Orchard / SullivanAuroraGas · convenience—Plat and developer-funded roadway agreement on council agendaQuikTripThe full issue runs 20 projects, town-by-town bullets for all 12 jurisdictions, a 55-name party list, a 3-week hearing calendar and 31 open construction bids.Every issueWhat you get on ThursdayThe region in one table

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