The Des Plaines City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve a multimillion-dollar deal to turn this historic building at 678 Lee St. into a restaurant. Paul Valade/pvalade@dailyherald.com, 2024

A much-anticipated, multimillion-dollar deal to turn a historic, city-owned building in downtown Des Plaines into a restaurant should get the city council’s final blessing Tuesday.

The proposed pact with David Villegas — the local entrepreneur behind Des Plaines’ Foxtail on the Lake restaurant and the Foxtail restaurant in Downers Grove — calls for Des Plaines to spend up to $12 million to renovate the nearly century-old building at 678 Lee St.

The city then will turn over control of the property — but not ownership — to Villegas, who intends to spend an additional $4.5 million to complete th

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