A Joliet-based contractor is proposing two six-story buildings with restaurants and residential space to become the long-planned Trail East and Trail West developments near Uptown Circle.
Carlson Bros. has designed and constructed other multi-story, mixed-used apartment buildings across the country, including in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, according to its website.
The proposal was made public by the Uptown Design and Review Commission ahead of the commission’s meeting on June 26.
Trail East
The design proposes a $35 million, 203,000-square-foot, six-story, mixed-use building with retail and restaurant space on the first floor, and 132 apartments on the remaining floors…