From the 800-acre Ivanhoe Village to new apartments near Metra, here's a quick guide to every major project reshaping Mundelein.
Mundelein is in the middle of its biggest building boom in decades. Whether you live here or you're thinking about it, here's what you need to know.
Downtown & Metra Station Area
The 24-acre area around the Metra station is transforming into a walkable, mixed-use neighborhood. Several projects are already open or under construction:
- Morris Station — 136 market-rate apartments, now 100% leased
- Station 250 — 169 apartments near the train station, currently leasing
- Flaherty & Collins mixed-use — 242 units including 17 townhomes on the former village hall site, a $68 million project that broke ground in 2025
- Mundelein Senior Apartments — 46 units of senior housing
- Towns at Oak Creek — 222 townhomes, 28 of 44 buildings complete
The Village built its new City Hall as a downtown anchor, positioned on axis with the town green and the Metra station.
Ivanhoe Village — The Big One
The largest project is Ivanhoe Village, an ~800-acre development on Mundelein's west side owned by the Wirtz family (of Chicago Blackhawks fame). Annexed in December 2022, the plan calls for:
- 3,100+ homes — a mix of single-family, townhomes, multifamily, and age-targeted housing
- 500,000 sq ft of commercial, office, and medical space
- 1.3 million sq ft of industrial flex space
- 10,000+ construction jobs and 3,000+ permanent jobs
Designed by DPZ CoDesign (specialists in New Urbanism), Ivanhoe Village will build out over 25+ years. The historic Wirtz family farmstead from the 1800s will be preserved.
Road & Infrastructure Projects
- Diamond Lake Road & Route 83 overpass — Four-lane expansion with a tentative groundbreaking in late 2026 / early 2027
- East Holly Avenue multiuse path — A $1.5 million federally funded path connecting Millennium Trail to the North Shore bike path (construction expected 2029)
- Downtown parking expansion at Park and Seymour
Why It Matters
Mundelein's credit rating was recently upgraded from A-plus to double-A minus — a sign of strong fiscal health. The village owns its own water reclamation facility with excess capacity, which is a key reason developers are choosing Mundelein.
For more details, visit the Village of Mundelein development page.