The nearly 5-acre former home to Kinsch Florist and Garden Center in Palatine could soon be the site of a 58-unit apartment complex, under a plan approved by the village council Monday.
A third-generation family business in Palatine is now vacant after its owners say a change in how they are assessed for property taxes ruined them. "We were supposed to be here, I thought for forever," Ken Kinsch, a former owner of the Kinsch Florist and Garden Center, told ABC 7.