Tinley Park, Illinois
"Old Town" Downtown Plan

Camiros, Ltd. was retained by the Village of Tinley Park and the Regional Transportation Authority to prepare transit-oriented development (TOD) and streetscape design options for Tinley Park’s historic Old Town area. The goal was to create a lively, attractive and pedestrian-oriented central gathering place focused around historic buildings and a planned new Metra commuter rail station.

Implementation of the TOD plan included streetscape improvements, parking lot landscaping, the development of a new town square, and a new train station. High-quality pedestrian links provide human-scaled connections from commercial areas to, and within the train station site. As a result of these projects, Tinley Park’s Old Town has become more walkable with the addition of gathering space for concerts and other community events, more attractive due to substantial investments in renovating highly visible properties, more transit-friendly with the new Metra station, and more economically vibrant. Old Town Tinley has emerged as the “Dining Capital of the South Suburbs” and “The Place to Be.”