ROCKFORD — City Council members have cleared the way for a new mixed-use development that could bring up to 350 apartments to one of the last undeveloped plots along East State Street.
Aldermen voted 12-0 on Monday to approve a special-use permit for University Hill, which includes an apartment complex on the roughly 13-acre site with commercial development along State Street, just east of the Puri School of Business. Construction is expected to start in spring 2027 and last roughly 18 months.
The proposal comes from local businessman Kevin Olson, who is working with design and planning firm Place Foundry on the development plan…