QuikTrip is back.
Nine months after Oak Park's Village Board unanimously rejected the gas station chain's bid to build on the former Mohr Concrete site, the company has filed a new application for the same 3.3-acre parcel at Harlem Avenue and Garfield Street. The Plan Commission holds a public hearing on the proposal Thursday, July 2, at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at Village Hall.
QuikTrip is again seeking three approvals: a special use permit, a plat of subdivision, and an alley vacation. Those are the same three requests the Village Board denied on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, in a unanimous vote.
What happened last time
The Plan Commission voted 7-2 in September 2025 to recommend denial. Village staff wrote in supporting documents that approving the special use was "inconsistent with the adjacent residential area and a day care facility." A Change.org petition opposing the project collected more than 1,200 signatures.
QuikTrip's 2025 proposal called for a 6,445-square-foot convenience store, 16 fueling positions for cars (no diesel for trucks), 48 parking spaces, and three entrances on Harlem Avenue, Garfield Street, and Lexington Street. That third curb cut required special approval because village ordinances typically allow only two at gas stations.
Whether the 2026 application includes changes to the building size, fueling layout, or entrance plan has not been publicly disclosed. No agenda documents for the July 2 hearing were accessible on the village's Plan Commission webpage.
The site
The former H.J. Mohr & Sons Co. concrete plant at 915 S. Maple Ave. has sat vacant since the business closed in 2018 after roughly 110 years of operation. Hinsdale-based KrohVan real estate purchased the parcel from the Mohr family in 2022 but fell behind on payments; the Mohr family filed a foreclosure suit in October 2024 citing a principal balance of more than $4 million.
Village President Vicki Scaman said at the September 30, 2025 board meeting: "Adding petroleum to our use for that land is not something I'm interested in." She added that she would have supported the village purchasing the land outright.
The site is among the largest developable parcels remaining in Oak Park. The zoning decision has drawn intense attention from south Oak Park residents. Brooke Reavey, a petition organizer who lives a few hundred feet from the property, told Wednesday Journal in September 2025 that "there's just a better use of the space" and that the village could afford to wait for a stronger proposal.
What comes next
Thursday's hearing is the first public opportunity for residents to comment on QuikTrip's new application. After the Plan Commission issues its recommendation, the Village Board will schedule a separate vote. No date for that board vote has been announced.
Residents who cannot attend in person can monitor the village's meeting calendar at oak-park.us for agenda documents and any remote-participation options.
