Spared from the ravages of time, a home nearly as old as the town of Medinah itself now faces another threat: Developers want to tear down the prominent house, along with nearly 150 others, to make way for an industrial park.
An industrial developer bought Christine Bending s house, razed the neighborhood and put a warehouse in its place. Bending had just settled into her new home in a quiet corner of Medinah when the same developer offered to buy her out again, this time for $1 million. She isn t budging. She s one of the Medinah residents mounting a fight against the proposal to purchase nearly 150 homes to make way for new industrial buildings in a sizzling O Hare market.