13-story plan at Chauncey Hill site up for first vote this week

Chicago-based developer Core Spaces answers questions about plans to demolish Chauncey Hill Mall for 13-story mixed use complex that includes a public plaza

This is a view from the corner of State Street and Chauncey Avenue of Hub Chauncey, a proposed redevelopment of West Lafayette’s Chauncey Hill Mall site.

Talked about for years, plans for a massive, 13-story redevelopment of the 2.6-acre Chauncey Hill Mall site two blocks from Purdue’s campus this week will be up for the first of several votes on a project expected break ground yet this year and open ahead of the fall 2027 semester.

The project up for an Area Plan Commission vote Wednesday is one Chicago-based Core Spaces and West Lafayette officials negotiated over the past year, Jonathan Kubow, managing director of development for Core Spaces Chicago, said.