The Biz Week That Was: New cardiac care center opens, hemp bill stalls, and boat show comes to ’burbs among the highlights
Though questions remain on density, traffic, handling stormwater and other aspects of what would be Lake Zurich’s largest rental community, with adjustments village officials may be open to a residential use on the Regal cinema property. Developers describe June Terrace as a high-end rental community with 282 apartments in eight 3-story buildings.
New immediate care, outpatient and South Asian cardiac center opens in Hoffman Estates
Advocate Health Care on Monday opened a new immediate care and outpatient center, which also will provide an additional location for the company’s South Asian Cardiovascular Center. The new facility is at 4847 Hoffman Blvd., near the intersection of Route 59 and Interstate 90.
Palatine council blocks banquet proposal citing operational concerns
Palatine village council members this week denied a petition for a small banquet facility in the Park Place shopping center. Carmelo Martinez, who operates a salon in the mall on the 1100 block of East Dundee Road, proposed opening a small banquet hall in vacant space next door.
Hemp regulation bill stalls amid Democratic infighting
A bill that would have imposed regulations on new types of intoxicating substances derived from hemp stalled in the Illinois House Tuesday, dealing a political setback to Gov. JB Pritzker after he strongly supported the legislation. But the bill also created rifts within the House Democratic caucus. The hemp regulation bill was the focus of a three-hour, closed-door caucus meeting Monday.
‘Worth the risk’: West Chicago woman opens a café with a purpose — reviving downtown
Yolanda Peterson calls it the little engine that could. Five years in the making, her Raised Bakery and Cafe, 124 Main St., West Chicago, debuted with a soft opening Dec. 30. A West Chicago resident nearly all her life, it is Peterson’s attempt to drive business to the heart of the city.
Ahoy, suburbs: Chicago Boat Show sails into Rosemont after 93 years in city
It may still have the city’s name in its title, but after 93 years the Chicago Boat Show has dropped anchor in the suburbs. The Midwest recreational boating industry’s largest and longest-running annual boating event opened Wednesday afternoon for a five-day tour of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont — regarded by organizers as geographically closer to boat dealers and their core customers who live in the suburbs.