Chipotle, Noodles & Company and urgent-care facility coming to Huntley
Huntley Village Board members recently approved the development of two commercial buildings that will include the restaurants Chipotle and Noodles & Company, as well as an urgent-care facility.
The lot, located at the corner of Route 47 and Huntley Crossings Drive, is just under 3 acres and is owned by Chicago-based Core Acquisitions. Board members unanimously approved the plan during a meeting on July 27.
Chipotle Mexican Grill will have a more than 2,300-square-foot building with a drive-through and an outdoor patio. Noodles & Company Restaurant and the urgent-care medical facility will be next door in a 4,842-square-foot building.
Chipotle and Noodles & Company will have drive-through lanes, but for pickup orders only, Adam Firsel of Core Acquisitions said during the July 27 village board meeting. Customers will order ahead online instead of ordering at the drive-through lane. Orders also can be made inside the restaurants.
Chipotle has branded the mobile pickup as “Chipot-lane.”
Firsel said he hopes construction starts in September and is finished by the end of the year. If everything stays on track, the businesses should be open by next spring.
The buildings will share a parking lot that will fit over 55 cars.
The company of the urgent-care facility was not named since a contract is still in the works with the lot owner.
Trustee Ronda Goldman had questions about the urgent-care facility and noted that the area already has many similar services.
“It is a walk-in clinic,” Firsel said. “It is not connected to a hospital. It's not connected to a doctor group.”
Core Acquisitions proposed the building to be a “softgoods retailer” with a Valvoline Instant Oil Change last year. After some village pushback, they decided on the restaurant and urgent-care tenants.
Some village board members expressed concerns about the tight space for pedestrian and parking traffic. Trustee Mary Holzkopf said she'd like to see another crosswalk placed between the two buildings.
“I just think that you're going to get a lot of crossover foot traffic back and forth,” Holzkopf said. “I'm just trying to avoid an accident.”
The buildings will sit between the BMO Harris Bank and the Hampton Inn hotel.
“I'm excited,” Goldman said at the village board meeting. “Beyond excited.”