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The owner of Yorktown Center in Lombard and a multifamily-housing developer plan to tear down the former Carson’s store to clear the way for hundreds of apartments and a public park.

'Yorktown 2.0': Lombard mall plans $200 million apartment project

The owner of Yorktown Center and a multifamily-housing developer plan to replace the vacant Carson's anchor store with a large-scale apartment complex and a public park. Other regional shopping centers are undertaking similar housing projects to lift their fortunes and breathe new life into hulking retail spaces.
Bell Works Chicagoland, in the former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates, is making available a second wave of “ready-to-wear” office suites after leasing nearly the entirety of its first phase.

Bell Works in Hoffman Estates to lease second wave of 'ready-to-wear' office suites

Bell Works Chicagoland - the business and residential redevelopment of the former AT&T corporate campus in Hoffman Estates -- has announced the availability of a second wave of "ready-to-wear" office space, now that the first wave is nearly booked.
Rebecca Bauer of Mount Prospect makes her cookie selections at Central Continental Bakery in downtown Mount Prospect. The bakery has been in business for 100 years and Bauer says she's been coming to the shop since she was a little girl.
Like going back in time: Mount Prospect's Central Continental Bakery turns 100
After 100 years of serving delicious cakes, cookies and its famed paczkis, Central Continental Bakery in downtown Mount Prospect is preparing for another century of pleasing its loyal customers.
Businesses and residents are celebrating the end of a major construction project in downtown Naperville.
The Biz Week That Was: Naperville celebrates end of project; museums proposed for Pheasant Run
Naperville celebrates end of major construction project. Veterans, sports museums proposed for part of Pheasant Run property. weetness Cookie Company opens in South Elgin.
Demolition continued Friday to clear a site south of Route 176 and east of the railroad tracks in downtown Mundelein for Morris Station, a 139-unit townhouse development in 16 buildings.
Long-sought revival of former industrial area on north side of Mundelein's downtown is underway
Demolition of a home, apartment building and other structures in what is considered a gateway area south of Route 176 in downtown Mundelein, will clear the way for a 139-unit townhouse development called Morris Station.
Photo courtesy of Sackett Systems Automatic battery washer with unique neutralizing cycle
Made in the Suburbs: Sackett Systems, Inc.
Sackett Systems is a leading worldwide supplier of quality, durable lift truck/forklift battery management equipment as well as a solution provider for warehouse operations.
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Chris Baker, at right with a customer in Oswego, and his wife, Lisa, were honored Thursday by the FBI for their work removing or covering tattoos of ex-gang members, human trafficking victims, ex-criminals and domestic-abuse survivors.

FBI honors tattoo artists for helping victims, ex-criminals replace reminders of past

Oswego tattoo artists, doing "what our faith has driven us to do," received FBI award for helping victims and former criminals replace painful reminders of their past lives.
Lurie Children's Hospital's outpatient center on the Northwest Community Hospital campus in Arlington Heights, along with others in Hoffman Estates and Huntley, may be replaced by a proposed $55.9 million, 70,000-square-foot facility in Schaumburg.

Lurie Children's Hospital proposes $56M Schaumburg outpatient center for Northwest suburbs

Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is proposing a $55.9 million, 70,000-square-foot outpatient center in Schaumburg as a facility that would replace existing ones in Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates and Huntley to serve growing demand in the Northwest suburbs.
Jerry Murphy
Finding answers to today's worker shortage: Survey
Although buyer demand has increased among two-thirds of manufacturers surveyed, they are struggling to keep up. Half whose revenues are under $100 million said they are unable to keep up with their current demand.
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Attracting and keeping a strong labor force in manufacturing
There are many misconceptions and old-fashioned thinking about this industry. People think it is a dirty job, low technology, low wages, low skills and education. This is simply not true.
Lake Zurich officials on Monday will consider approval for 52 townhouses in 12 building at 670 S. Old Rand Road.
Developer seeks OK to build 52 townhouses in Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich trustees are expected to vote Monday on a plan for 52 townhouses in 12 buildings between Old Rand and Buesching roads.
Mike Simon is the owner of The Little Traveler in Geneva, which is celebrating 100 years in business, and is a landlord to several other Geneva businesses. “Third Street today has far outpaced my hopes for it in the late 1980s,” Simon said. “I never envisioned that the street would become the prime dining destination it’s morphed into over the past several years.”
How Mike Simon's vision for the 'next Rodeo Drive' helped shape Geneva's Third Street shopping, dining
As The Little Traveler in Geneva celebrates 100 years in business, columnist Dave Heun talks to owner Mike Simon about the enduring appeal of the city's Third Street for shopping and dining.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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