The Biz Week That Was: A hot dog hall of famer, new coffee shop and place to build with Lego bricks among highlights

‘This goes both ways’: Luke’s of Mundelein joins Vienna Beef Hall of Fame, thanks community

There is more to Luke’s of Mundelein than a good hot dog or beef sandwich. Add a sense of community and the motto “freshness, friendliness and cleanliness,” and you have a Vienna Beef Hall of Fame inductee. The business, founded in 1999, features a well-crafted menu covering all the food bases and is known for community fundraisers, sponsorships and other interactions.

‘Perfect’ location: Polish day care using old bank for new facility in Arlington Heights

A bilingual Polish-English day care program plans to move into a shuttered bank building in Arlington Heights. Tots Land, which started on Chicago’s Northwest Side in 2009, will open its fourth location at the former BMO Harris Bank branch at 1007 W. Euclid Ave., in Arlington Heights. The 5,000-square-foot building on the southwest corner of Euclid and Kennicott avenues is across the railroad tracks from BMO Harris’ new branch, which opened last year on Northwest Highway.

Rental complex on Loeber Farm site rejected by Schaumburg plan commission

Schaumburg plan commissioners Wednesday voted 6-2 against a controversial proposal to build 357 apartment, townhouse and rowhome units on the 33-acre Loeber Farm property. Elmhurst-based developer Nitti Group, LLC intends to bring the proposal before the Schaumburg village board for final consideration as scheduled on Aug. 27.

Wheeling awards $50,000 grant to incoming Scooter’s Coffee franchise

A Scooter’s Coffee franchise coming to Wheeling this fall will get $50,000 from the village to renovate the vacant building it will occupy. The village board on Monday unanimously approved the grant from Wheeling’s Restaurant, Entertainment, and Build-Out Grant Program. The store is planned for 310 N. Milwaukee Ave. That’s a brown, 800-square-foot building at the northwest corner of Milwaukee and East Strong Street.

Building on an idea: Pieceful Project opens second Lego, game store in Cary

Jessica Stetson for years considered the kind of store she wanted to open, but it was the application for the McHenry Riverwalk Shoppes that finally got her to make it happen. With five days left before the application window closed last year, Stetson wrote a 42-page plan for her store, The Pieceful Project. It would be a place for kids who liked building with Lego bricks, playing board games and puzzles, and for women and families who might not feel comfortable going to traditional game stores. Now she’s opening her flagship store, at 27 Jandus Road, Cary.