191st Street road could be path to big retail project in Tinley Park

A project to extend 191st Street in Tinley Park east of Harlem Avenue and linking it with Oak Park Avenue could help push forward plans for a large retail development near the interchange of Harlem and Interstate 80, according to the village’s mayor and the landowner.

The village has agreed to pay $290,000 for just under three acres owned by Inter-Continental Real Estate and Development Corp., developer of the Odyssey Country Club and nearby Odyssey Fun World, to push the street through. It currently connects with Oak Park Avenue via Prosperi Drive…Please Click here to read Mike Nolan’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.