Second Jewel-Osco to open in Huntley late in the fall

Huntley's second Jewel-Osco store is slated to open late in the fall on the north side of town.

Construction of the roughly 63,000-square-foot store at 10090 Route 47, on 8 acres in the southern portion of a roughly 17-acre property next to Reed Road, is nearly finished, a spokeswoman for the grocer said.

The store will include a drive-through Osco pharmacy, a cafe, indoor and outdoor seating and outdoor seasonal sales areas. It also will offer a drive-up and pickup service for online orders, self-checkout lanes, expanded deli, gourmet bakery, and expanded refrigerated produce.

"We're still in the business of building brick and mortar grocery stores to serve our customers and at the same time growing our e-commerce businesses," spokeswoman Mary Frances Trucco said.

Jewel Food Stores is spending about $11.5 million on the project, which is expected to create roughly 160 jobs.

Jewel is the anchor tenant of the shopping area. There is a Walgreens to the west and a multi-tenant center to the north housing a Dunkin' Donuts.

In 2018, village officials granted a 50% sales tax rebate to Jewel as part of a business development agreement. The sales tax revenue-sharing agreement is for up to 10 years or a total of $1.75 million. The village would grant Jewel an additional $250,000 incentive if a gas station is built there no later than 12 months after the new grocery store opens.

In its first year, the new store is expected to generate about $286,000 in revenue from the village's 1% sales tax, to be split between the village and the developer. By year six, estimated sales tax revenue would be roughly $340,000 - the village's take would be about $169,000.

Jewel also spent about $1 million to renovate an existing Jewel-Osco store at 13200 Village Green Drive, originally built in 2002. The remodeled store off Route 47 and Oak Creek Parkway reopened in July 2019 and now offers a salad, soup and wing bar, and a sushi station with freshly made rolls.