Seven years after a previous push to redevelop several city-owned properties around the Naperville Metra Station didn’t come to fruition, discussions are beginning anew about the 5th Avenue area and what it could become.

Largely used as roughly 1,700 commuter parking spaces, the properties were the subject of a study this summer by Urban Land Institute (ULI) Chicago to identify potential redevelopment opportunities. Representatives from the nonprofit network of land use and development professionals presented the findings from their study Wednesday during a public meeting in the Naperville City Council chambers. The report gave high-level guidance about what types of land uses could be located on specific parts of the nearly 15-acre site, ideas for how to fund future construction, and a

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