A lawsuit has been filed against the village of Sugar Grove by a Kane County resident over its creation of a tax increment financing, or TIF, district, for the controversial Crown Community Development project at Interstate 88 and Route 47 that recently began construction .

Called The Grove, the project is a planned 760-acre mixed-use development, commonly referred to as the Crown development in reference to its developer, Naperville-based Crown Community Development, according to past reporting. It’s set to have neighborhoods, mixed-use commercial and residential areas, a walkable town center and a business park that could hold warehouses and data centers.

The development, however, has faced significant public opposition, both before its approval and since . One stream of critic

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