The third proposal in recent memory for redeveloping the former site of the Highland Park Solo Cup factory has proven controversial, with the fifth Plan Commission meeting over a multi-family development that would bring hundreds of units to the city dragging late into the night.

Despite a previous meeting’s vote showing a positive, if divided, Plan Commission, the commissioners’ attitudes were far less supportive Tuesday evening, and the meeting ended with no vote and serious uncertainty surrounding the future of the proposal. Another meeting is scheduled for Sept. 9.

While the meeting had ostensibly been about rezoning the site to allow for residential development, it was clear that for commission members and the area’s residents, it was about a dozen issues mixed together, ranging fro

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