Bartlett plans to spend about $3 million to purchase this vacant site on Lake Street (Route 20) with hopes of seeing it developed with a mixed-use project. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com

Bartlett plans to purchase approximately 20 acres of vacant land on West Lake Street in hopes of seeing it redeveloped with a large-scale, mixed-use project.

The village expects to pay about $3 million for the land at 651 W. Lake St., which sits just east of Route 59 and within the town’s Lake Street Tax Increment Financing District.

Once the land is in the village’s hands, officials would seek public input on what should be built there and solicit proposals from developers.

Village President Dan Gunsteen said the development could serve as a catalyst for bringing other projects to that part of t

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