Baxter International campus still has a chance at preservation

A developer pulled out of a hotly contested plan to replace the architecturally significant Baxter International headquarters with a warehouse logistics campus. (Fred Jewell/AP)

The architecturally significant Baxter International headquarters won’t succumb to the wrecker’s ball — not yet, at least — now that a developer has withdrawn plans seeking Deerfield village permission to redevelop the 101-acre site.

And that seems like good news to us. Bridge Industrial’s plan to replace the Baxter campus with warehouses and a logistics facility seemed to ruffle feathers all around.