In Cribbin v. City of Chicago, 384 Ill. App. 3d 878, 893 N.E.2d 1016, 323 Ill. Dec. 542 (2008), the court concluded that the property owners' pre-development expenditure of $ 260,000 was substantial. Cribbin, 384 Ill. App. 3d at 894. The facts of that case further demonstrate that the owners intended to construct three buildings on the property at a total cost of $ 950,000. Cribbin, 384 Ill. App. 3d at 883. Accordingly, the $ 260,000 in expenditures found to be substantial in Cribbin represented more than 27% of the total projected cost of the development.