Developer E&M Strategic Development is planning to build a hotel mixed use project in downtown Skokie, Illinois. The $43 million project would include an 8 story Homewood Suites, multi-level parking garage and adjacent residential development. The proposed development also includes a plan for the village to purchase from the developer an adjacent parcel currently the site of Annie’s Pancake House for a future residential development, as well to build a multi-story parking garage on a site of a small park at Niles Avenue and Oakton Terrace. Trustees unanimously granted preliminary approval to the plan.