1350 LAKE SHORE ASSOCIATES v. Randall

Following a remand from the Illinois Supreme Court, the circuit court of Cook County entered an order finding that the plaintiff, 1350 Lake Shore Associates (LSA), failed to prove a clear right to a writ of mandamus, as its predevelopment expenditures were not sufficiently substantial to acquire a vested right in the continuation of a former zoning classification. LSA now appeals, raising a number of factual and legal challenges to the circuit court’s decision. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The procedural history of this matter is long and complex, comprising over 11 years of…