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  • Ballydoyle owner Phil Cullen said he “loves” the former Rosebud building in downtown Naperville and the ability to mix modern influences with older architecture.

    Naperville council OKs new late-night permit for old Rosebud site May 8, 2013 12:00 AM
    Mayor George Pradel begged the council to "hold off" and Police Chief Robert Marshall says the move will require the city to hire more police, but Naperville officials increased their late-night liquor permits by one. Council members voted 8 to 1, with Pradel voting no, to expand the capped permits to allow for Ballydoyle to open its new Empire craft beer and burger pub at the corner of Chicago Avenue and Main Street in the old Rosebud site.

     
  • The Daily Grind Grille in downtown Arlington Heights.

    Biggby Coffee, Campbell Street Dogs now one restaurantMay 7, 2013 12:00 AM
    Two closed restaurants in Arlington Hts. have combined to form one new restaurant, which opened Tuesday, May 7. The Daily Grind Grille, 5 W. Campbell St., is the brainchild born of Biggby Coffee and Campbell Street Hot Dogs.

     
  • Wary of the Hayes-Orchard connection May 6, 2013 12:00 AM
    Letter to the editor: Jeff Wilcox, an opponent of the Orchard Evangelical Free Church's plans to expand its parking lot, is wary of the fact that the new Arlington Hts. mayor, Tom Hayes, is a member.

     
  •  The new BP gas station and car wash at Arlington Heights and Algonquin roads in Arlington Heights look just about ready to open.

    New BP gas station, car wash to open in late MayMay 3, 2013 12:00 AM
    The new BP gas station, automated car wash and convenience store is getting ready to open later this month at the corner of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads. "They should be nearing completion," said Matt Dabrowski, development planner with the Village of Arlington Heights. "We're very pleased with it, the building turned out nice."

     
  •  The Downtown Neighborhood Association plans to have marketing materials in both English and Spanish for events such as the Downtown Elgin Harvest Market after hearing input from this week’s brainstorm event.

    Elgin downtown association develops ideas May 3, 2013 12:00 AM
    The first "Downtown Brainstorm" of the year in Elgin will result in concrete action, including making sure marketing fliers are written in both English and Spanish, organizers said. Getting the word out might also include utilizing space at the city's Metra stations.

     
  •  The former Alemar’s Restaurant near Palatine is getting transformed into a new eatery.

    New restaurant planned at former Alemar’s near Palatine May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    Nearly five years after Alemar's served its final meal, there are signs of life again in the vacant building at Dundee and Quentin roads near Palatine. Long Grove restaurateur Tom Coutretsis has bought the space at 795 W. Dundee Road with plans for a yet-to-be-named restaurant.

     
  •  A contract is pending to sell 7.5 acres owned by the Carol Stream Public Library, but a final deal may not happen.

    Attorney: New Carol Stream Library board legitimate May 2, 2013 12:00 AM
    The Carol Stream Public Library's attorney said Thursday night the five elected trustees sworn in Wednesday are indeed properly seated members of the board of trustees. The 3-page written legal opinion by Stewart Diamond of the Ancel Glink law firm brings to resolution a pending legal question that left direction and oversight of the library in limbo for 24 hours.

     
  •  Developers hope Naperville’s Water Street District, along the south bank of the DuPage River in downtown Naperville, will be open by fall 2015.

    Naperville’s Water Street construction to begin by 2014Apr 30, 2013 12:00 AM
    Developers say the first visible signs of the coming Water Street District in downtown Naperville will be evident by the end of the year. Crews will begin clearing the 2.4-acre lot on Water Street and locating utilities by early next year, they said. But first, behind the scenes, developers have begun finalizing interior and exterior design details as leases are signed; preparing construction drawings for permit approval; and developing construction timelines and bidding.

     
  •  This is a view of what the interior of the proposed National Veterans Museum in Hoffman Estates might look like.

    Proposed veterans museum in Hoffman Estates has money to buy land, president saysApr 27, 2013 12:00 AM
    The president of the proposed National Veterans Museum in Hoffman Estates said Friday he believes the group is close to having enough money to buy the 448 acres near the northwest corner of Beverly Road and I-90 where the museum will be built.

     
  • Anesthesiologists break ground on Schaumburg HQ Apr 26, 2013 12:00 AM
    The American Society of Anesthesiologists will break ground on their new headquarters building at 1061 American Lane in Schaumburg at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 27.

     
  • Rolling Meadows officials hope the mostly vacant shopping center on Kirchoff Road will have a new grocery store before the end of the year.

    New grocery store progresses in Rolling Meadows Apr 24, 2013 12:00 AM
    Uncle Joe's Tuscan Fresh Market, the new Rolling Meadows grocery store that will anchor the Meadows Marketplace shopping center on Kirchoff Road, has cleared several hurdles with the city, allowing its developer to start leasing smaller storefronts in the center.

     
  • The vacant space at the Executive Center building at the northwest corner of Cook and Main streets in downtown Barrington is expected to be the Tip Top Tap by late May. The bar will serve primarily as a waiting area for the nearby Ciao Baby! restaurant.

    New downtown Barrington tavern will serve nearby restaurant patrons Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
    A long-vacant building along the Union Pacific railroad tracks in downtown Barrington will become a tavern called the Tip Top Tap later this spring. Village trustees approved a special-use permit Monday to turn the former Executive Center at 102 N. Cook Street into a tavern primarily intended as a waiting area for Ciao Baby! restaurant, which sits 200 feet to the east at 232 E. Main St.

     
  •  Danny Mateos, foreground, Paco Matoes, and Alex Ramirez, right, with Arthur J. Rogers and Company, remove a hot water heater from the home of Kathi and Russell Fantetti, in background, on Berry Lane in Des Plaines Tuesday. Kathi Fantetti said they lost everything in the basement, including furniture, because of flooding.

    Des Plaines inspects homes damaged by flood Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM
    Four crews of Des Plaines housing inspectors were out in force Tuesday, knocking on doors of homes along the floodplain to gauge the extent of damage. Inspections began last Thursday after the Des Plaines River breached its banks Wednesday night and flooded residential neighborhoods all along the river, and many businesses downtown and along Oakton Street.

     
  • Prologis signs Champion Container to Wood Dale property Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    NAI Hiffman recently represented both landlord and tenant in a new lease in Wood Dale. Prologis signed Champion Container Corp. to 89,835 square feet of industrial space at 1455 N. Michael Drive in Chancellory Business Park. Champion Container, a premier custom box shop and full service distributor of packaging equipment and materials, will consolidate three operation facilities to a central location.

     
  • Evanston’s Links Capital sells Oregon Golf Club Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    Links Capital Advisors, Inc., of Evanston, recently sold the Oregon Golf Club, 250 S. Daysville Road in Oregon, Ill., for $425,000. A local investor purchased Oregon Golf Club, a private 9-hole course on 92 acres along the Rock River. The club was founded in 1926 by members and features a 6,195 square foot, two-floor clubhouse with dining and banquet capacity of 120 guests.

     
  • St. Charles aldermen last week approved the $800,000 purchase of the VFW building downtown. It will take $200,000 more to demolish the building, but once that is done the city will have more space for parking downtown.

    St. Charles buys VFW building for parking lot Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM
    St. Charles aldermen approved last week the $800,000 purchase of the VFW building downtown. It will take another $200,000 to demolish the building, but once that is done it will add more space to the existing VFW parking lot. The idea is to ease parking problems in that area of the downtown. Eventually, with more development, the land could be the site of a future parking garage.

     
  •  Warrenville officials are considering whether to create a tax increment financing district to promote redevelopment in a central part of the city, including a stretch of Butterfield Road.

    Warrenville: No condemnations in proposed TIF district Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
    Warrenville officials are trying assure property owners in a proposed tax increment financing district that the city won't force them to sell their homes and businesses. Eminent domain, said Mayor David Brummel "is not a tool that we intend to use."

     
  •  Naperville City Council members Tuesday approved a rebate of up to $7.5 million of sales and hotel tax revenues to the downtown Water Street District.

    Naperville approves $7.5 million in Water Street incentives Apr 17, 2013 12:00 AM
    The final piece of downtown Naperville's Water Street puzzle was pushed into place late Tuesday as council members agreed to rebate as much as $7.5 to the developer during the next 20 years. Marquette Companies officials walked into Tuesday night's meeting asking for a rebate of as much as 75 percent of the sales tax revenue generated from the $85 million development but, through negotiation, lowered the request to 50 percent.

     
  •  The Grand Station restaurant in Arlington Heights.

    1950s-themed restaurant coming to Arlington Heights Apr 16, 2013 12:00 AM
    Everything old will be new again in downtown Arlington Hts., when Circa 57, a 1950s-themed restaurant opens in the former Grand Station and People's Bank locations this summer. "The overall theme will be an interactive lifestyle experience of the 1950s," said owner Anthony Priola, explaining the restaurant will be divided into different scenes depicting life in 1957, with food and drinks to match.

     
  • Schaumburg officials Tuesday will consider a resolution to build a connecting road and annex 80 acres north and east of Medieval Times for Japanese firm Sunstar Americas Inc. to build a new plant. The property is owned by the Archdiocese of Chicago.

    Schaumburg to annex site for Japanese firm's plant Apr 13, 2013 12:00 AM
    Schaumburg officials on Tuesday will discuss a resolution for Sunstar Americas Inc. to build a 300,000-square-foot plant on 80 acres north and east of Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament north of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway and east of Roselle Road. The land is owned by the Archdiocese of Chicago. What would Sunstar produce in its plant? Toothbrushes.

     
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