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Mount Prospect Borders building has date with wrecking ball

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The Borders building in Mount Prospect, pictured here right before the store closed in 2011, will soon be torn down to make way for smaller retail buildings. Village officials expect the demolition to be complete next month.

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The vacant Borders Books & Music building at the corner of Elmhurst and Rand roads in Mount Prospect will soon be demolished, village officials said. Community Development Director Bill Cooney expects the building to come down between now and early February. The site then probably will be redeveloped with multiple smaller buildings. "Right now that building kind of blocks the view of Randhurst Village," he said. "It will be nice to improve that vista."