'What they're trying to do is shoehorn 10 pounds of mud into a five pound bag.'
Residential and retail buildings, some several stories high, popping up around the train stations in the surrounding suburbs.
"We were pretty surprised. Shocked, I think would be the term," said Des Plaines resident Tom Lovestrand."What they're trying to do is shoehorn 10 pounds of mud into a five pound bag," added Des Plaines resident Rick Grubb. Beyond added traffic, they've challenged the development due to possible blind spots from the building on busy roads. The structure being built out within feet of Metra's UP Northwest line, and worry that due to the tracks, it would be tough to access to certain apartments in an emergency.But Des Plaines' City Manager said the opposite. Michael Bartholomew agreed to speak to CBS 2 by phone and said those concerns are not founded.