1350 Lake Shore Associates v. Casalino

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, 1350 Lake Shore Associates (LSA), appeals from a circuit court order entered following a bench trial, granting judgment in favor of the defendant, the City of Chicago, and the intervenors to this action on count III of LSA’s fourth-amended complaint. At issue before the court was the constitutionality of a down-zoning ordinance and subsequent height limitation ordinances that LSA claimed affected its right to construct a high-rise apartment building on its lakefront property. The circuit court ruled that the ordinances…